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Peking Man Site Cleared Up
The Zhoukoudian Peking Man Ruins in the capital's northwest suburb has taken on a new look with 20 small workshops torn down around the site, according to Monday's Beijing Daily.
The World Heritage Site, where the first skull of Peking Man dating back 500,000 years was discovered, was reported at the risk of being ruined due to damaged by unhealthy surroundings.
Experts worried that the improper protection or serious damage will lead the site to be ranked as an endangered heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO).
The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the city's culture relics department jointly launched a three-phase repair project about two weeks ago. An area of 1.8 square kilometers south of the museum is scheduled to be cleared up as the protection sphere.
The Peking Man site stores the evidence of the earliest human's use of fire and is known as the only site of continuous prehistoric man activities between 500,000 and 10,000 years ago.
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