山顶洞人

山頂洞人

Shāndǐngdòngrén

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Meanings

1 Upper Cave Man
2 prehistoric humans of the Upper Cave at Zhoukoudian (~30,000 years ago)

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山顶洞人生活在大约三万年前。

Shāndǐngdòngrén shēnghuó zài dàyuē sān wàn nián qián.

The Upper Cave Man lived about 30,000 years ago.

山顶洞人遗址位于北京周口店。

Shāndǐngdòngrén yízhǐ wèiyú Běijīng Zhōukǒudiàn.

The Upper Cave Man site is located at Zhoukoudian, Beijing.

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history

山顶洞人 are Late Paleolithic Homo sapiens fossils found in 1933 in the Upper Cave (山顶洞 'mountain-top cave') above the Peking Man (北京人) site at Zhoukoudian. They are famous for the earliest known burial practices in East Asia, including ornaments and red ochre.

culture

Colloquially 山顶洞人 is also used as a humorous put-down for someone hopelessly out of touch with modern life — 'living like cavemen'.

Stroke Order

山 shān

顶 dǐng

洞 dòng

人 rén