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Zhoukoudian Peking Man site: Fire and Peking Man
One of the gimmicky pseudo-videos in the museum...
published: 07 Dec 2010
author: gssq
Zhoukoudian Peking Man site: Fire and Peking Man
One of the gimmicky pseudo-videos in the museum
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Zhoukoudian Peking Man site: Great view of nothing
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published: 07 Dec 2010
author: gssq
Zhoukoudian Peking Man site: Great view of nothing
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Zhoukoudian Peking Man site: Cap deposit
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published: 07 Dec 2010
author: gssq
Zhoukoudian Peking Man site: Cap deposit
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Êdoctum: Zhoukoudian, China
Sitio declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO Visite: patrimonio-de-la-humanida...
published: 23 Apr 2012
author: Polibion
Êdoctum: Zhoukoudian, China
Sitio declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO Visite: patrimonio-de-la-humanidad.blogspot.mx
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Around the World with Jack Daulton: Peking Man Site, China
Noted lecturer and world traveler Jack Daulton explores and discusses the Peking Man Site ...
published: 28 Feb 2012
author: futureno1
Around the World with Jack Daulton: Peking Man Site, China
Noted lecturer and world traveler Jack Daulton explores and discusses the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, near Beijing, China, where in the 1920s the world famous fossils of early or proto humans (specifically, Homo erectus) were discovered, the first such find in East Asia. February 23, 2012. Videographer: Roz Ho, Contact: jack@jackdaulton.com
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Human Journey 2/5 Asia (1/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community...
published: 06 May 2011
author: YunaOnLostworld
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (1/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community of indigenous people who still practice reindeer hunting. With reference to them, she asks how ancient Africans could have adapted to the hostile climate of northern Asia, and why Asian people look so different from Africans. Roberts then explores an alternative to the Out of Africa theory, the multiregional hypothesis that has gained support in some scientific communities in China. According to this theory, the Chinese are descended from a human species called Homo erectus rather than from the Homo sapiens from which the rest of humanity evolved. Roberts visits the Zhoukoudian caves, in which Peking Man, the supposed Homo erectus ancestor of the Chinese, was discovered. Roberts notes that some Chinese anthropologists and palaeontologists have shown modern Chinese physical characteristics in the fossil skulls, such as broad cheek bones, cranial skull shape and shovel-shaped incisors that are absent in almost all other humans. She also notes that the stone tools found in China seem more primitive than those elsewhere, and infers that they were made exclusively by Homo erectus. However, she argues that the skull evidence is only subtle. She interviews an American palaeontologist, who presents his hypothesis that the ancient Chinese humans used bamboo instead of stone, explaining the absence of sophisticated stone tools, despite the absence of archaeological evidence to support this <b>...</b>
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Science Bulletins: Peking Man—Older Times, Colder Climes
In the 1930's, scientists discovered a rich collection of Homo erectus fossils near Zh...
published: 03 Jul 2012
author: AMNHorg
Science Bulletins: Peking Man—Older Times, Colder Climes
In the 1930's, scientists discovered a rich collection of Homo erectus fossils near Zhoukoudian, China. The site of "Peking Man" is still yielding new surprises. A team of Chinese and American scientists recently used a new method to date the sandy rock layers in which the fossils were buried. The scientists argue that this species lived at the site as far back as 770000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. The discovery raises intriguing questions concerning how Peking Man survived in a period of colder climate that occurred within that time.
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Scoperti Fossili di Animali Preistorici in Cina
Quasi 1.000 frammenti fossili di animali preistorici sono stati scoperti nel luogo in cui ...
published: 11 Oct 2009
author: NTDItalian
Scoperti Fossili di Animali Preistorici in Cina
Quasi 1.000 frammenti fossili di animali preistorici sono stati scoperti nel luogo in cui fu trovato lUomo di Pechino, 45 chilometri a sudovest della capitale cinese. A partire dagli anni '20, le zone montuose sono state il centro degli studi sulla preistoria in ogni parte del mondo. In quellanno il geologo svedese Johan Gunnar Andersson e il paleontologo americano Walter Granger andarono in Cina per cercare fossili preistorici. I due scienziati scoprirono i teschi di uomini primitivi nella zona della Collina delle Ossa di Drago. Le ossa di un Homo Erectus di 750 mila anni fa, conosciuto come lUomo di Pechino, furono scoperti negli anni 20 durante gli scavi di Zhoukoudian. Per oltre mezzo secolo, funzionari e scienziati cinesi non hanno approfondito le ricerche, a causa della mancanza di una tecnologia archeologica avanzata. Oggi, dopo decenni, armati di attrezzature e tecnologia più avanzate, gli archeologi cinesi hanno potuto entrare in quelle montagne tranquille, determinati a riscrivere la storia. Diversamente dai primi scavi significativi, guidati negli anni 20 da studiosi stranieri, oggi il progetto è guidato da archeologi cinesi. [Gao Xing, Direttore degli Scavi]:Nei nostri primi scavi abbiamo scoperto molti fossili di animali, strumenti fatti da esseri umani e anche resti di focolari. Anche in passato avevamo scoperto tutte queste cose, ma questa volta la scoperta fornisce informazioni scientifiche più complete.Le grotte di Zhoukoudian hanno conservato i resti di <b>...</b>
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Prehistoric Animal Fossils Unearthed in China
Nearly 1000 pieces of prehistoric animal fossils have been unearthed at China's Peking...
published: 27 Aug 2009
author: NTDTV
Prehistoric Animal Fossils Unearthed in China
Nearly 1000 pieces of prehistoric animal fossils have been unearthed at China's Peking Man Site, 30 miles southwest of Beijing. The mountainous area has been the focus of prehistory studies around the world since 1921. That's when Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson and American palaeontologist Walter Granger came to China in search of prehistoric fossils. The two foreign scientists found skulls of "primitive men" at the Dragon Bone Hill. The bones of a 750-thousand-year-old Homo erectus, commonly known as Peking Man, were discovered in the 1920s during cave excavations in Zhoukoudian. For more than half a century, Chinese officials and scientists didn't do any big digs due to a lack of advanced archaeological technology. Decades later, Chinese archaeologists, armed with the most advanced equipment and technology, have entered the quiet mountains, determined to rewrite history. Unlike the first major excavation in the 1920s with foreigners leading the excavation, Chinese archaeologists are leading the project. [Gao Xing, Excavation Team Director]: (Mandarin, gender unknown) "From the limited accumulative formation, we have discovered a lot of animal fossils, tools made by human beings as well as the remains of burning sites. Although we have discovered all these before, the discovery this time brings along much more complete scientific information." The cave site in Zhoukoudian has preserved the remains of at least 40 individuals and is the largest single source of <b>...</b>
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H Erectus Calvarium
Homo Erectus (=Sinanthropus) original calvarium from Zhoukoudian, China....
published: 16 May 2008
author: TheOtherRDA
H Erectus Calvarium
Homo Erectus (=Sinanthropus) original calvarium from Zhoukoudian, China.
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Human Journey 2/5 Asia (2/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community...
published: 06 May 2011
author: YunaOnLostworld
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (2/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community of indigenous people who still practice reindeer hunting. With reference to them, she asks how ancient Africans could have adapted to the hostile climate of northern Asia, and why Asian people look so different from Africans. Roberts then explores an alternative to the Out of Africa theory, the multiregional hypothesis that has gained support in some scientific communities in China. According to this theory, the Chinese are descended from a human species called Homo erectus rather than from the Homo sapiens from which the rest of humanity evolved. Roberts visits the Zhoukoudian caves, in which Peking Man, the supposed Homo erectus ancestor of the Chinese, was discovered. Roberts notes that some Chinese anthropologists and palaeontologists have shown modern Chinese physical characteristics in the fossil skulls, such as broad cheek bones, cranial skull shape and shovel-shaped incisors that are absent in almost all other humans. She also notes that the stone tools found in China seem more primitive than those elsewhere, and infers that they were made exclusively by Homo erectus. However, she argues that the skull evidence is only subtle. She interviews an American palaeontologist, who presents his hypothesis that the ancient Chinese humans used bamboo instead of stone, explaining the absence of sophisticated stone tools, despite the absence of archaeological evidence to support this <b>...</b>
9:59
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (3/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community...
published: 06 May 2011
author: YunaOnLostworld
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (3/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community of indigenous people who still practice reindeer hunting. With reference to them, she asks how ancient Africans could have adapted to the hostile climate of northern Asia, and why Asian people look so different from Africans. Roberts then explores an alternative to the Out of Africa theory, the multiregional hypothesis that has gained support in some scientific communities in China. According to this theory, the Chinese are descended from a human species called Homo erectus rather than from the Homo sapiens from which the rest of humanity evolved. Roberts visits the Zhoukoudian caves, in which Peking Man, the supposed Homo erectus ancestor of the Chinese, was discovered. Roberts notes that some Chinese anthropologists and palaeontologists have shown modern Chinese physical characteristics in the fossil skulls, such as broad cheek bones, cranial skull shape and shovel-shaped incisors that are absent in almost all other humans. She also notes that the stone tools found in China seem more primitive than those elsewhere, and infers that they were made exclusively by Homo erectus. However, she argues that the skull evidence is only subtle. She interviews an American palaeontologist, who presents his hypothesis that the ancient Chinese humans used bamboo instead of stone, explaining the absence of sophisticated stone tools, despite the absence of archaeological evidence to support this <b>...</b>
10:04
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (4/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community...
published: 06 May 2011
author: YunaOnLostworld
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (4/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community of indigenous people who still practice reindeer hunting. With reference to them, she asks how ancient Africans could have adapted to the hostile climate of northern Asia, and why Asian people look so different from Africans. Roberts then explores an alternative to the Out of Africa theory, the multiregional hypothesis that has gained support in some scientific communities in China. According to this theory, the Chinese are descended from a human species called Homo erectus rather than from the Homo sapiens from which the rest of humanity evolved. Roberts visits the Zhoukoudian caves, in which Peking Man, the supposed Homo erectus ancestor of the Chinese, was discovered. Roberts notes that some Chinese anthropologists and palaeontologists have shown modern Chinese physical characteristics in the fossil skulls, such as broad cheek bones, cranial skull shape and shovel-shaped incisors that are absent in almost all other humans. She also notes that the stone tools found in China seem more primitive than those elsewhere, and infers that they were made exclusively by Homo erectus. However, she argues that the skull evidence is only subtle. She interviews an American palaeontologist, who presents his hypothesis that the ancient Chinese humans used bamboo instead of stone, explaining the absence of sophisticated stone tools, despite the absence of archaeological evidence to support this <b>...</b>
10:04
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (5/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community...
published: 06 May 2011
author: YunaOnLostworld
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (5/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community of indigenous people who still practice reindeer hunting. With reference to them, she asks how ancient Africans could have adapted to the hostile climate of northern Asia, and why Asian people look so different from Africans. Roberts then explores an alternative to the Out of Africa theory, the multiregional hypothesis that has gained support in some scientific communities in China. According to this theory, the Chinese are descended from a human species called Homo erectus rather than from the Homo sapiens from which the rest of humanity evolved. Roberts visits the Zhoukoudian caves, in which Peking Man, the supposed Homo erectus ancestor of the Chinese, was discovered. Roberts notes that some Chinese anthropologists and palaeontologists have shown modern Chinese physical characteristics in the fossil skulls, such as broad cheek bones, cranial skull shape and shovel-shaped incisors that are absent in almost all other humans. She also notes that the stone tools found in China seem more primitive than those elsewhere, and infers that they were made exclusively by Homo erectus. However, she argues that the skull evidence is only subtle. She interviews an American palaeontologist, who presents his hypothesis that the ancient Chinese humans used bamboo instead of stone, explaining the absence of sophisticated stone tools, despite the absence of archaeological evidence to support this <b>...</b>
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Human Journey 2/5 Asia (6/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community...
published: 06 May 2011
author: YunaOnLostworld
Human Journey 2/5 Asia (6/6)
2. Asia In the second episode, Roberts travels to Siberia and visits an isolated community of indigenous people who still practice reindeer hunting. With reference to them, she asks how ancient Africans could have adapted to the hostile climate of northern Asia, and why Asian people look so different from Africans. Roberts then explores an alternative to the Out of Africa theory, the multiregional hypothesis that has gained support in some scientific communities in China. According to this theory, the Chinese are descended from a human species called Homo erectus rather than from the Homo sapiens from which the rest of humanity evolved. Roberts visits the Zhoukoudian caves, in which Peking Man, the supposed Homo erectus ancestor of the Chinese, was discovered. Roberts notes that some Chinese anthropologists and palaeontologists have shown modern Chinese physical characteristics in the fossil skulls, such as broad cheek bones, cranial skull shape and shovel-shaped incisors that are absent in almost all other humans. She also notes that the stone tools found in China seem more primitive than those elsewhere, and infers that they were made exclusively by Homo erectus. However, she argues that the skull evidence is only subtle. She interviews an American palaeontologist, who presents his hypothesis that the ancient Chinese humans used bamboo instead of stone, explaining the absence of sophisticated stone tools, despite the absence of archaeological evidence to support this <b>...</b>
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Newly Discovered Relics Show Ancient Chinese Knew How to Use Fire
For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http ☛ Ad...
published: 12 Aug 2011
author: NTDTV
Newly Discovered Relics Show Ancient Chinese Knew How to Use Fire
For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http ☛ Add us on Facebook ☛me.lt There is new evidence to show that ancient Chinese ape-men knew how to use fire. Newly discovered relics at the Peking Man cave site were found in the ruins there site where a Chinese ape-man was first discovered. Chinese archaeologists have found new evidence to show that ancient Chinese people knew how to use fire. The relics were discovered at the Peking Man cave site in the village of Zhoukoudian near Beijing. Peking Man is an ancient Chinese ape-man that lived as much as 750000 years ago. According to archaeologists, there are about ten cultural layers in the cave of the Chinese ape-men. The fourth layer or ash layer is the top cultural layer indicating a period of human activities. Ancient Chinese probably lived from the third to the tenth level. Archeologists have been digging the ruins since mid-May. In August they uncovered numerous relics, giving evidence that ancient Chinese knew how to use fire. There are nearly 400 relics, including scrapers, choppers and hammers made of stone. More than 700 samples of medium and large animal bones, and fossils of rodents and birds have been uncovered. The fire pits and ashes could be the relics showing the use of fire and the cave-life of ancient Chinese people. [Gao Xing, Inst. of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology]: "We can make an initial conclusion that ancient people have used fire [and] could keep the flame here <b>...</b>
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Cities of the World: Beijing
Photos by C. Stewart, G Hislain, G. Carvajal and María Veve from Picasa free albums...
published: 05 Aug 2008
author: rolandcas
Cities of the World: Beijing
Photos by C. Stewart, G Hislain, G. Carvajal and María Veve from Picasa free albums. Music by Liu Fang "The dance of yi people" 劉芳琵琶彝族舞曲. Pipa solo music. The original music was composed by Wang Huiran (王惠然) in the early 60s. Some half a million years ago, Peking man lived in Zhoukoudian, in the southwestern suburbs of Beijing. The climate of that time was warmer and more humid than it is today. Forests and lakes in the area supported large numbers of living creatures. The fossil remains of Peking man, his stone tools and evidence of use of fire, as well as later tools of 18000 years ago, bone needles and article of adornment from the age of Upper Cave Man are the earliest cultural relics on record in China today. Some four to five thousand years ago, settlements to the southwest of Beijing were thriving on basic agriculture and animal husbandry. Story has it that the legendary Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) battled against the tribal leader Chiyou in the "wilderness of the prefecture of Zhuo. "Zhuolu, a town west of present day Beijing, is perhaps the site of the first metropolis in the area. Yellow Emperor's successor, Emperor Yao, was said to have established a legendary capital Youdu (City of Quietude) that was where the city of Ji was actually built. Source: China.org.cn
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CHINA BEIJING IMPRESSIONS OF OLYMPICS 2008
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states...
published: 07 May 2009
author: nruijter
CHINA BEIJING IMPRESSIONS OF OLYMPICS 2008
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave and is one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived approximately from 300000 to 550000 years ago. Noticeably, it is also known that the Peking Man was able to control and use fire.
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Penemuan Relik Baru : Manusia Kuno Gunakan Api
Arkeolog China menemukan bukti baru, yang menunjukkan bahwa orang Tiongkok kuno tahu cara ...
published: 17 Aug 2011
author: NTDIndonesian
Penemuan Relik Baru : Manusia Kuno Gunakan Api
Arkeolog China menemukan bukti baru, yang menunjukkan bahwa orang Tiongkok kuno tahu cara menggunakan api. Relik ditemukan di area Gua Manusia Peking di desa Zhoukoudian dekat Beijing. Manusia Peking adalah manusia Tiongkok kuno yang hidup 750.000 tahun yang lalu. Menurut arkeolog, ada sekitar sepuluh lapisan budaya di gua manusia kera China. Lapisan keempat atau lapisan abu, adalah lapisan budaya atas yang menunjukkan periode aktivitas manusia. Orang China kuno mungkin hidup di tingkat ketiga ke kesepuluh. Para arkeolog menggali reruntuhan sejak pertengahan Mei. Bulan Agustus mereka menemukan banyak relik. Hampir 400 relik, termasuk pengerik, pemotong, palu yang terbuat dari batu dan lebih dari 700 sampel tulang hewan menengah dan besar, serta fosil hewan pengerat dan burung telah ditemukan. Lubang api dan abu merupakan peninggalan yang menunjukkan penggunaan api. [Gao Xing, Sekolah Tinggi Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoantropologi]: "Kita menyimpulkan bahwa orang-orang kuno menggunakan api, serta menjaga nyala api di sini, tempat ini mungkin api unggun di zaman kuno." Namun arkeolog Barat telah membantah area Manusia Peking sebagai tempat hidup. Area ini dianggap sebagai perangkap besar, dimana manusia kuno China dan binatang telah jatuh ke dalam jebakan itu. Beberapa ahli tidak berpikir Manusia Peking adalah nenek moyang manusia, karena karakteristik asli dan alat-alat primitif mereka.
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展示現代中國
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states...
published: 07 May 2009
author: nruijter
展示現代中國
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave and is one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived approximately from 300000 to 550000 years ago. Noticeably, it is also known that the Peking Man was able to control and use fire.
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IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA TRADITIONAL ONE
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states...
published: 07 May 2009
author: nruijter
IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA TRADITIONAL ONE
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave and is one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived approximately from 300000 to 550000 years ago. Noticeably, it is also known that the Peking Man was able to control and use fire.
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CHINA IMPRESSIONS 3
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states...
published: 08 May 2009
author: nruijter
CHINA IMPRESSIONS 3
China has one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave and is one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived approximately from 300000 to 550000 years ago. Noticeably, it is also known that the Peking Man was able to control and use fire.
![Some of the major Homo erectus fossils: Indonesia (island of Java): Trinil 2 (holotype), Sangiran collection, Sambungmachan collection, Ngandong collection China: Lantian (Gongwangling and Chenjiawo), Yunxian, Zhoukoudian, Nanjing, Hexian India: Narmada (taxonomic status debated!) Kenya: WT 15000 (Nariokotome), ER 3883, ER 3733 Tanzania: OH 9 Vietnam: Northern, Tham Khuyen, Hoa Binh Republic of Georgia: Dmanisi collection Denizli Province ,Turkey: Kocabas fossil[28] [edit] See also Homo ergaster](http://web.archive.org./web/20120728183700/http://cdn8.wn.com/pd/86/48/bb9141f62fd7565bde6c948f16c0_medium.jpg "Some of the major Homo erectus fossils: Indonesia (island of Java): Trinil 2 (holotype), Sangiran collection, Sambungmachan collection, Ngandong collection China: Lantian (Gongwangling and Chenjiawo), Yunxian, Zhoukoudian, Nanjing, Hexian India: Narmada (taxonomic status debated!) Kenya: WT 15000 (Nariokotome), ER 3883, ER 3733 Tanzania: OH 9 Vietnam: Northern, Tham Khuyen, Hoa Binh Republic of Georgia: Dmanisi collection Denizli Province ,Turkey: Kocabas fossil[28] [edit] See also Homo ergaster")
