Learn about the trials and tribulations of the early H. erectus researchers and the mysterious story of the vanishing Peking man fossils.

Homo erectus Researchers

Davidson Black

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/dblack.html

Eugen Dubois

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/edubois.html

Franz Weidenriech

http://www.aaanet.org/gad/history/html/fweiden.htm

Teilhard de Chardin

http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/teilhard/teilhard.htm

The Mystery of the Peking Man Fossils

Drugstore Fossils

http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/peking_man/index.html?sect=21

Scavenging of "Peking Man"

http://www.uiowa.edu/~bioanth/courses/Peking1.htm

1			Write an essay on some aspect of the discovery of Homo erectus in Asia. You may choose to focus on the life of one of the discoverers, on early theories about Asian fossil discoveries, on the "Peking Man" mystery, or on the scientific process at work.