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the date for the earliest human mastery of fire. ... During World War II the more 
notable fossils were lost during an attempt to smuggle them out of China for 
safekeeping; they... [DOC] [TLE] Peking man | anthropology | Britannica.com [PAR] Peking man, extinct hominin of the species Homo erectus, known from fossils ... 
an attempt was made to smuggle them out of China and to the United States. ... of 
anthropology in China before World War II was the discovery in 1927 of fossil ... 
as Peking man; virtually all of these remains were subsequently lost by 1941... [DOC] [TLE] Peking Man Fossils - Academia.edu [PAR] The lost vestiges of the Sinanthropus Pekinensis, generally known as the ... the 
whereabouts and existence of the fossils since its disappearance in the early 
1940s. ... Symbolically pertinent to later China, the Peking Man fossils are one of 
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out... [DOC] [TLE] Long-lost skulls of Peking Man - tribunedigital-baltimoresun [PAR] Apr 24, 1999 ... Fossils: Two wooden crates containing a scientist's greatest discovery 
disappeared during World War II. ... The relics were lost during a failed attempt to 
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with the skulls were stashed somewhere in China and are still hidden. [DOC] [TLE] Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, Beijing Attraction ... - China Tours [PAR] They launched an excavation, finding some animal fossils and quartz fragments. 
... discovery of two teeth of early man from Zhoukoudian at the welcome 
ceremony for the ... During World War II the five skullcaps of Peking Man were 
lost. It is suspected that one was attempted to smuggle them to America, but sadly 
they have... [DOC] [TLE] The Lost World of Giants - BeforeUs.com [PAR] Fossil eagles have been found; these birds were 40 feet (13 meters) long and 12 
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throughout the course ... 230,000 volumes were lost, including medieval and 
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black cat. [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China [PAR] The earliest known human in China, whose fossilized skull was unearthed in ... 
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Question: Early in WWII fossils of this "Man" were lost in an attempt to smuggle them out of China
Answer: Peking Man