With an approximately 4,000 year recorded history this country boasts one of the incipient civilizations of the world ,where were unearthed at Yuanmou County of Yunnan Province the fossils of the apemen “Yuanmou Men” , which can be traced back to 1.7 million years ago , and were known as the earliest primitive human species so far .This country is China.

　　“Peking Men” , who dwelled more than 4 hundred thousand years ago at Zhoukoudian in the vicinity of modern Beijing of China , could walk erectly , chisel and use simple implements , and make use of fire . They possessed the basic human characteristics.