Museum number/name

Peking man (reconstructed by Sawyer and Tattersall)

Where specimens were found

Zhoukoudian Cave, China

Distribution of species

Eastern Asia

Known date of species

0.5 - 0.3 mya in China, 1.0 - ca.0.3 mya in Java

Date of specimen

500,000 - 300,000 y

Cranial capacity

1,043cc

Inferred culture

These hominins were hunters, made and used purpose-specific stone tools and are credited with early use of fire