Zhoukoudian, Early Human, Fossil Hominid
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: Asia & Middle East Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: Light brown plastic cast cranium and mandible of Zhoukoudian, also known as "Peking Man," from the species Homo erectus. This composite skull combines several skulls from the same site, first named Sinanthropus pekingensis but later attributed to Homo erectus. Zhoukoudian is between 780,000 and 400,000 years old.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jul 2022
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Zhoukoudian, Asia, China
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Homo erectus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400838
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Hominidae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.
label: Life Stage
content: Adult
label: Material
content: Plastic, Paint
label: Sex
content: Male