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Peking Man

subspecies of the genus Homo (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q45931
Peking Man
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Peking Man

Summary

Peking Man is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,770 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Peking Man's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Peking Man is classified at the rank of subspecies[4].
  • Peking Man belongs to the parent taxon Homo erectus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Peking Man is Homo erectus pekinensis[6].
  • Peking Man's Commons category is recorded as Peking Man[7].
  • Peking Man began on -500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Peking Man ended on -250000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Peking Man's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.733, 'lon': 115.917}[10].
  • Peking Man's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • Peking Man dates from the Pleistocene[12].
  • Peking Man's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Peking Man is Homo erectus pekinensis[6]. It is classified at the rank of subspecies[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Homo erectus[5].

Identifiers

Peking Man's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 414229[14].

Why It Matters

Peking Man ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,770 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time period → Pleistocene
    Parent taxon → Homo erectus
    Local thumb → —
    Start time → -500000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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