20 13 Zhoukoudian site was established as a world cultural heritage protection unit with a monitoring center. It is the third world cultural heritage protection unit established in Beijing after the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace.
Important Paleolithic Sites in Northern China. Among them, the most famous site is Zhoukoudian, the site of Peking Man. So far, scientists have discovered the remains of Peking man, a Chinese ape who lived in the Middle Pleistocene. At the same time, they also found various articles of life and the remains of new humans from BC 18000 to BC1000. The 38th World Cultural Heritage Congress declared Zhoukoudian Site as a world cultural heritage. National key cultural relics protection units. * * * Found 6 skull fossils, 157 teeth and many other bones, belonging to more than 40 individuals. List of Important Events in Zhoukoudian Site Time/Year Events 19 1927 Discovery of Ancient Human Relics 1927 Start Project for Large-scale Excavation 1929 Discovery of Peking Man 1930 Discovery of Caveman1. Kloc-0/9465448 Beijing Ape Exhibition Hall 1973 Discovered "New Neanderthals" 1988 was listed in the World Heritage List of the United Nations 200 1 Discovered "Pastoral Neanderthals" 20 13 was approved by UNESCO World Heritage Center and National Cultural Heritage Administration 20/Kloc. Mirror Exhibition 19 18 Swedish geologist An Tesheng, consultant of mining policy of Beiyang government, tried to dig in the sixth site of Zhoukoudian site and found two kinds of rodents and one kind of carnivore fossils.
1923, Austrian paleontologist "Stanski" discovered an ancient human molar tooth fossil and a premolar tooth fossil.
1926, the two teeth found were named "real people".
1927, China Geological Survey cooperated with Peking Union Medical College, and the Rockefeller Foundation of the United States allocated $24,000 as the excavation fund.
1927, Zhoukoudian site 1 site "Ape Cave" began to be excavated on a large scale.
1928, the excavation of Zhoukoudian site officially began.
1929, 12, 16, paleoanthropologist Pei Wenzhong excavated the first complete Peking man skull. Was named "Beijinger".
1930, the Neanderthal site was discovered.
193 1 year, abundant fire remains, burnt bones, burnt stones, ashes and bauhinia charcoal were found, and 1 piece of parietal bone and clavicle and two pieces of broken "Peking man" adult mandibles were also found.
1933, three ancient human fossils (skulls) were unearthed in the cave of 13 site.
1934, 14 site was established on a low hill to the west of 1 site.
1937, the excavation of the site was interrupted on July 9. (July 7th Incident, Japan's War of Aggression against China)
194 1 year, Peking man's skull was lost. (Pacific War)
1949, the excavation of Zhoukoudian site, which was interrupted in 1 1 year, was resumed. (New China was founded)
195 1 year, the excavation work resumed again, and a small number of mammalian fossils and individual stone tools were obtained, and more than 10 pieces survived.
1953, Zhoukoudian site museum is open to the public.
196 1 year, Zhoukoudian site was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.
1966, in the first half of the year, under the leadership of Pei Wenzhong, the excavation of Zhoukoudian 1 site was continued, and 1 piece of Chinese ape-man frontal bone, right parietal bone fragment and right lower first premolar were found.
1967 A "new cave" was discovered at the fourth site.
197 1 year, the Chinese academy of sciences allocated special funds for expansion and renamed it "Beijing ape-man exhibition hall".
1973, in the fourth place "Xindong", a human premolar with an upper tooth of 1 was unearthed, which was called Xindong people.
From 1978 to 1983, Yuan Zhenxin, Institute of vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, continued to excavate the "Ape Cave" and the east side of the Ape Cave, and found some mammalian fossils and some stone products.
From 65438 to 0988, UNESCO listed Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site in the World Heritage List.
1992, which was listed as "Beijing Youth Education Base" by Beijing Municipal People's Government.
1997, which was listed as one of the national 100 patriotism demonstration education bases by the Propaganda Department of the CPC.
200 1 the staff of Beijing pastoral forest farm discovered the "pastoral cave" of its contracted forest farm in June.
In 2003, the vertebrate paleontology Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences established a project, led by Dr. Wen of the same name, to formally excavate the site. Ancient human fossils were found in this place, including mandible, limbs, hands and feet. At the same time, 26 kinds of mammalian fossils were found.
In 2008, experts held two demonstration meetings.
In 2009, vertebrate paleontology Institute of China Academy of Sciences, Paleoanthropology Institute and Site Management Office jointly carried out excavation work. At present, the protection, cleaning and excavation work has achieved initial results. The third and fourth floors of the western section of the Ape Cave have been partially cleaned and excavated, and the follow-up work is still in progress.
20 1 1 year, after many discussions and revisions, the protection scheme of the Ape Cave is completed by Tsinghua University Architectural Design and Research Institute.
20 1 1, the site completed the Design Scheme of Dynamic Information and Monitoring and Early Warning System of Zhoukoudian Site, which was approved by National Cultural Heritage Administration.
On February 20th, 12,12 and 3 1 day, Zhoukoudian site monitoring center was formally established, marking the official start of the construction of dynamic information and monitoring and early warning system for Zhoukoudian site. After more than a year's efforts, the first stage of the monitoring and early warning system has been completed.
20 13, after revision and improvement, the protection scheme was approved by UNESCO World Heritage Center and National Cultural Heritage Administration.
201May 8, 2004, Beijing Cultural Relics Bureau, Fangshan District People's Government, vertebrate paleontology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Paleoanthropology jointly held Beijing 5. 18 International Museum Day and the opening of the new Peking Man Site Museum in Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District.
May 20 14 18, commemorating the 85th anniversary of the first Peking man skull fossil discovery, the academic conference on the protection, research and utilization of world cultural heritage and the collection of paintings and calligraphy at Zhoukoudian site on the origin of human civilization.
20 14 and June 10, the second-phase construction scheme of dynamic information and monitoring and early warning system was approved by UNESCO World Heritage Center and National Cultural Heritage Administration.
20 14 in order to better protect Zhoukoudian site, the most important fossil site, Zhoukoudian Beijing ape-man site management office held an expert demonstration meeting on architectural design protection of 1 site (ape-man cave) on August 26th.
20 15, May 15, the 39th May 18 International Museum Day and the first anniversary of the opening of the new site of Zhoukoudian, the "Mirror Exhibition-Bronze Mirror Exhibition of the Forbidden City Collection" jointly organized by the Palace Museum and Zhoukoudian Site Museum was newly held in Zhoukoudian Site Museum. The remains of ancient humans found in Zhoukoudian site include four stages of human evolution, namely, the stage of ancient human evolution, the stage of geological age, the name of the stage of present evolution, and the time of discovery-Quaternary Early Pleistocene, 700,000 to 200,000 years ago, Homo erectus, Beijinger, 1, 9.27 million to 654.38+1 million years ago. From 38,500 to 42,000 years ago, late Homo sapiens Neanderthals lived in rural caves, and from 30,000 to 1000 years ago, late Homo sapiens Neanderthals lived in caves.