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Peking Man

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Sculpture of Peking Man - outside the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site Museum
Sculpture of Peking Man - outside the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site Museum

A famous specimen of Homo erectus was discovered around 1927 near Beijing China (Peking), and therefore called Peking Man, which is also sometimes called Beijing Man. Peking Man was originally placed in the genus Sinanthropus (Sinanthropus pekinensis), but is currently grouped with Homo erectus.


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