The Upper Cave Man Cultural Site

The Upper Cave Man Cultural Site

The Upper Cave Man Cultural Site is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Upper Cave Man Cultural Site is located on Longgushan Mountain in Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District, about 50 kilometers from downtown Beijing. It is a world-renowned ancient human site, often referred to as the "Home of Peking Man."

"Peking Man" refers to early humans who lived approximately 250,000 to 600,000 years ago. They resided in the limestone caves of Longgushan and left behind a wealth of artifacts, relics, skeletal fossils, and especially abundant evidence of fire use. This proves that Peking Man was already capable of using fire for warmth, cooking food, and warding off wild animals. It provides vivid and compelling evidence for the study of human evolution. In addition to the Peking Man site, fossils of "Xindong Man" dating back about 100,000 years, "Upper Cave Man" fossils around 20,000 years old, and other vertebrate fossil sites have also been discovered here, forming a natural "museum" of biological and human history.