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The Taung Skull Site is an extension of the site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999, where the famous Taung skull, a specimen of Australopithecus africanus, was discovered in 1924. The Macapan Valley is also located within the site, where many archaeological caves show traces of human habitation and evolution dating back to about 3.3 million years ago. The area contains important elements for determining the origin and evolution of humans. The fossils found there have allowed the identification of several early ape specimens, especially Paranthropus, dating back to 4.5 to 2.5 million years ago, as well as evidence of the use of fire by humans between 1.8 and 1 million years ago.
Zhoukoudian Site
The Zhoukoudian Site Museum is located at the foot of Dragon Bone Hill in Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District, southwest of Beijing. It is an ancient human site museum and was built in 1953. In 1929, Chinese paleoanthropologist Fei Wenzhong discovered the first complete skull fossil of "Peking Man" in Dragon Bone Hill, which shocked the world. It is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAA-level scenic spot, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and one of the 100 national patriotism education demonstration bases. It is about 48 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. It is a world-famous archaeological site of ancient humans and ancient vertebrates and the birthplace of "Peking Man". The Zhoukoudian Site is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is located in the north of Dragon Bone Hill in Zhoukoudian Town, Fangshan District, southwest of Beijing. It is the world's most abundant, systematic and valuable human site in the early Paleolithic period. From 1921 to 1927, archaeologists discovered three human tooth fossils outside the "Peking Man" cave site three times. In 1929, the skull fossil of the Peking Man was discovered, as well as artificial tools and fire remains, which became a major archaeological discovery that shocked the world. In 1930, fossils and cultural relics of the Upper Cave Man dating back about 20,000 years ago were discovered at the Zhoukoudian site. However, the ensuing wars and chaos have lost all the fossil specimens of the Peking Man and Upper Cave Man discovered since 1927, and their whereabouts are still unknown. This event has become a world mystery in the history of archaeology in the 20th century. After the founding of New China, the excavation and research of the Zhoukoudian site was resumed, and a large amount of valuable data was obtained. So far, archaeologists have excavated fossils such as skulls, mandibles, teeth representing more than 40 corpses, as well as abundant stone tools, bone tools, horn tools and fire remains. The Zhoukoudian Site Museum systematically introduces to us the living environment and living conditions of the "Peking Man" 600,000 years ago, the "New Cave Man" 100,000 years ago, and the "Upper Cave Man" 18,000 years ago. The front of the prologue hall is a three-dimensional model of Longgu Mountain, and the display cabinets are filled with various rock specimens from 400 million to 100 million years ago in the Zhoukoudian area, reflecting the geological changes of the artillery area.
Lingshan Julong Cave
Lingshan Julong Cave, also known as Lingshan Karst Cave, is located at the foot of Lianhua Mountain, 2 kilometers northeast of Lingshan Town, Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. Because the cave body resembles a long dragon and the landscape inside the cave is mostly dragon-shaped, it is named Lingshan Julong Cave. According to experts, the area around Julong Cave is a typical northern karst landform, belonging to a group of fissure-type natural karst caves formed by crustal changes over hundreds of millions of years. The cave body resembles a long dragon, with a total length of 2,800 meters, and the landscape inside the cave is also mostly dragon-shaped. The temperature in the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a constant temperature of 17 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius. Julong Cave is divided into three parts: the Ape Man Cave, the Julong Hall and the Underground Maze. The Ape Man Cave is hundreds of meters long, and the ash deposits left by the ancient ape man in the cave are 12 meters long, 3 meters thick and 2 meters deep, which is rare in the country. Deep in the cave wall, there are deposits of ancient animal fossils that were extinct 260,000 years ago. This is the first discovery in Hebei Province and is of great significance in archaeology. On the wall of the cave, there is the original calligraphy of Su Shi, a great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty - the two characters "Penglai". The Julong Hall has white dragons competing for supremacy, which is magnificent; the underground maze has winding corridors, which is mysterious. The landscape inside the cave is characterized by magic, wonder and wonder, and more than 100 scenic spots such as Yunxi Flower Path, Dinghai Magic Needle, Little Three Gorges, and Jinshan Yingu are naturally formed. According to the investigation and demonstration of national tourism experts, the cultural relics such as stone paper, goose pipe, stone canyon, and stone hair in the cave are rare in China.