1. Yuanmou Man's Historical Position: Yuanmou Man's discovery is of great significance for revealing the history of human evolution. This discovery, together with the burnt bones found in Xihoudu culture about 6.5438+0.8 million years ago, will greatly advance the history of human use of fire if it is really evidence of artificial use of fire. Some animal bone fragments with obvious artificial traces were also found at the scene.

Yuanmou man was earlier than Lantian man, Beijinger and Neanderthal man, thus advancing the age of the earliest human fossils discovered in China by more than one million years. The discovery of the site of Yuanmou Man has important historical significance and scientific research value. China and some countries have written this discovery into textbooks.

2. The historical position of Beijingers: The most important significance of the appearance of Beijingers is to prove the use of fire. The fire used by Beijingers is not self-lighting, but natural fire. In nature, trees are lit with lightning, and then Beijingers use charcoal fire to preserve them. Although it is impossible to make a fire artificially, this is the first time that human beings have gained the ability to dominate a natural force.

3. The historical position of Neanderthals: The emergence of Neanderthals marks the improvement of human ability to understand and use nature. From the evolutionary point of view, cavemen belong to late Homo sapiens. They have left the ranks of apes and entered the category of human beings, and their appearance and brain development are almost exactly the same as those of modern people.

In addition, cavemen have already had preliminary social behaviors. They establish kinship through maternal descent, use tools together, distribute food together, and so on. Then cavemen will exchange daily necessities and learn to sew clothes, which marks the beginning of modern human beings.

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The meaning of Beijingers

world heritage

The discovery of Peking man's skull made Zhoukoudian a world-famous birthplace of early human beings. In the long historical years, there are Beijingers who lived 700,000 to 200,000 years ago, Xindong people who lived 654.38 million years ago, and cavemen who lived 27,000 to 34,000 years ago.

1 987 65438+February1According to the cultural heritage selection criteria C(III) (VI), the Director-General of UNESCO issued a certificate to list Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site as a "World Cultural Heritage".

Modern implication

Neanderthals are the legendary primitive people. According to its cave-dwelling characteristics, people who live indoors for a long time and often stay at home in Taiwan Province Province of China are called cavemen, which are very popular in Chinese mainland.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia Yuanmou Man

Baidu encyclopedia Beijingers

Baidu encyclopedia caveman