Ape-Man Cave - Enjindo

Japanese: 猿人洞 - えんじんどう
Ape-Man Cave - Enjindo

…A fossil human discovered at Site 1 of the Zhoukoudian Site (called the Ape-Man Cave in China) in the southwestern suburbs of Beijing, China. Also known as Peking Man. …

From the Zhoukoudian Ruins

...Within an area of ​​1.5 km east to west and 3 km north to south, there are 25 sites where fossil animal bones, human bones, and cultural artifacts have been excavated. Of these, there are three sites used by early man: Site 1 (Ape-Man Cave), Site 15, 70 m away, and Site 13, 1 km further south. In addition, there is a mountaintop cave near the summit of a cleft extending south from the western end of Site 1, where bones of a new human (Mountaintop Cave Man) from 18,000 years ago, as well as stone tools and bone and horn tools, have been discovered. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ape-Man Cave" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国の北京市南西郊にある周口店遺跡の第1地点(中国では猿人洞という)で発見された化石人類。北京原人ともいう。…

【周口店遺跡】より

…東西1.5kmと南北3kmの範囲内に25ヵ所の化石獣骨,人骨,文化遺物を出土する地点がある。そのうち,原人が使用した地点は,第1地点(猿人洞),70m離れた第15地点,さらに南へ1kmの第13地点の3ヵ所である。また,第1地点の西端から南へ延びた裂隙の山頂部近いところに山頂洞があり,旧石器時代後期,1万8000年前の新人の骨(山頂洞人),石器,骨角器が発見されている。…

※「猿人洞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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