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Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien (Chinese: 周口店; pinyin: Zhōukǒudiàn IPA: [tʂóʊkʰòʊtjɛ̂n]) is a cave system in Beijing China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus dubbed Peking Man and a fine assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris.

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