What are the main areas of ancient humans in China?

Ancient human beings in China were mainly distributed in the Yellow River Valley and the Yangtze River Basin. Specifically, they mainly live at the Dahankou cultural site in Shandong Province in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the Jigong Mountain site in Hubei Province in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. These sites document human activity and evolution in different historical periods from millions to thousands of years ago.

In addition, traces of early human activities have also been found in other areas, such as the Jinniu Mountain site in Haicheng in Liaoning Province, the Xujiayao site in Hebei Province, and the Paleolithic site in the grassland of Inner Mongolia.

In China, the distribution of ancient human beings is mainly concentrated in river basins and plains, such as the Yellow River Basin, the Yangtze River Basin, the Liao River Basin, and the Pearl River Basin. These areas have a suitable climate and fertile land, which is conducive to primitive humans to carry out simple labor to survive. At the same time, these areas are rich in land resources, which also provided sufficient living resources for primitive humans.

In addition, China's ancient humans were distributed in different historical periods and different types of cultures. For example, the Yangshao culture, Longshan culture, Hemudu culture and other sites in the Neolithic period record the origin and development of China's early agricultural culture. In addition, a large number of ruins of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and other nomadic herdsmen have been found in the northern region of China, and these ruins show the history of the grassland culture in northern China.

In short, ancient human beings in China are mainly distributed in river basins and plains, and there are corresponding site records in different historical periods and different cultural types. These sites provide us with important evidence for understanding our ancient human civilization and history.

1. Distribution: China's ancient human beings are distributed in the vast land of the southeast, northwest and northwest of the motherland, and are found in the south and north of the world, mainly concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, that is, the tributaries of the Yellow River, Weishui, Luoshui, Fenshui, etc., generally more in the east than in the west, and more in the Central Plains than in other places. The main distribution of ancient humans is as follows:

2. Distribution characteristics: Generally speaking, the primitive human sites in China are all distributed in the river basin and the plain area with rich land resources.

3. Distribution reasons: primitive humans mainly rely on simple labor such as fishing, animal husbandry, and planting to survive, and have high requirements for water resources and land resources, so they will choose a suitable climate and fertile land to live, which is more conducive to reproduction.

A place close to a fresh water source, sheltered by woods and mountainous areas, with plenty of food** and relatively stable living conditions.

A representative of early humans in China.

1. Yunnan Yuanmou people.

The earliest human ruins found in China are in Yuanmou, Yunnan, known as Yuanmou man, about 1.7 million years ago, he is a kind of ape, two fossilized incisors were found in its site, some rough stone tools, charcoal chips and burnt bones, their physical characteristics are similar to ape man, can make simple, rough stone tools, know the use of fire, this is the earliest ancient human in China has been confirmed.

2. Beijingers.

In 1929, in a cave on the keel mountain in Zhoukoudian, southwest of Beijing, the first Peking man skull fossil was found, and in the same year, the remains of fire were found, they were about 700,000-200,000 years ago, their head and forehead were low, the eyebrow bones were thick, the cheekbones were prominent, the nasal bones were flattened, the mouth was stretched forward, the brain volume was smaller than that of modern people, their average height was 157 cm, their upper limbs were similar to modern people, their lower limbs were slightly longer than their upper limbs, and they could walk upright.

Pekingese were able to use stone tools to hunt animals and gather plant fruits. They live in groups, work together to get food, use fire, and even more commendably know how to keep fire for a long time. The Zhoukoudian Peking Man site is one of the most abundant and complete Homo erectus sites in the world so far.

It is of great significance for the study of the history of ancient human evolution, and through the study of Peking Man, we can find the law of evolution from early ape man to modern man, which provides reliable evidence for the study of human origin.

3. Cave people on the top of the mountain.

The address found by the cave people is also on the top of the keel mountain in Zhoukoudian, Beijing, in order to distinguish it from the Beijingers, historians named the cave people, about 30,000 years ago, they are basically the same as our modern people, they use stone tools, have mastered the polishing and drilling technology, know how to make fire manually, rely on gathering and hunting hygiene, but also fishing, sewing clothes, and exchange daily necessities, in its ink burial also found that the cave people have ambiguous consciousness, still live a group life. Through the investigation and study of the site, the cave people at the top of the mountain are more advanced and developed than the Beijing people, which is of great value for the study of human evolutionary history. Forget!