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 === Peking Man ===
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-Another famous specimen of ''Homo erectus'' was discovered around 1927 near Beijing (Peking), China. It is sometimes called  Peking Man and sometimes Beijing Man. Peking Man was originally placed in the genus Sinanthropus (''Sinanthropus pekinensis''), but is currently grouped with ''Homo erectus''.
+'''Peking Man''' is the common name for one of the original ''[[Homo erectus]]'' fossils to be discovered. It was unearthed between 1923–27 near Beijing China from which it gets its name (Beijing was previously written 'Peking'). It was originally announced to be a new hominid species based on the discovery of a single tooth and named ''Sinanthropus pekinensis''. Later discoveries of several skull caps and jaw bones revealed that Peking man was very human-like and it was reclassified as ''Homo erectus pekinensis''.<ref>Lamb, Andrew. [http://creation.com/southwest-colorado-man-and-the-year-of-the-one-tooth-wonders ‘Southwest Colorado Man’ and the year of the one-tooth wonders] ''Creation Ministries International''. 2007.</ref>
 === Turkana Boy ===