用英語說中國(guó)旅游華北地區(qū)08：周口店—北京人遺址自然概況2

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Human fossils at Zhoulcoudian are found mainly at three daces，repre sentinq the three stages of human evolution，namely from homoerec tus,early Homo sapiens，to later Homo Sapiens. Paleolithic stonewares are found in 6 sites that belong to different developrnontal stages of Paleolithic culture. It is indeed a rare underground treasure house , for in a fair iy small area hidden so many human fossils with so rich a content. The discovery of Beijing Man's skull entities Zhoukoudian as a world famous cradle of early human beings，where in the long ancient times lived the Beijing Men 700 0()ti to ?00 000 years ago，the New Cave Men about 100 000 years ago，and the Upper Cave Men about 18000 years ago. 周口店附近人類化石有三處，分別代表從直立人到今天的所有三個(gè)進(jìn)化階段，即直立人、早期智人和晚期智人;六個(gè)地點(diǎn)都有舊石器，屬于舊石器文化發(fā)展的不同時(shí)期。在這樣一個(gè)范圍不大的地區(qū)內(nèi)人類化石、舊石器時(shí)代文化遺物如此集中、內(nèi)涵如此豐富多彩，實(shí)屬罕見，真不愧為地下寶庫。“北京人”頭蓋骨的發(fā)現(xiàn)，使周口店成為世界聞名的早期人類發(fā)祥地。在漫長(zhǎng)的歷史歲月中，這里曾生活著距今70萬年至20萬年的“北京人”、距今10萬年左右的“新洞人”和距今1.8萬年的“山頂洞人”。