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Yuanmou Man Site 元谋猿人遗址Yuánmóu Yuánrén Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Chuxiong, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chuxiong
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuanmou Man Site
Two fossil human incisors found here on 1 May 1965 belong to Yuanmou Man, an early Homo erectus usually dated to about 1.7 million years ago, though the dating has been disputed. The find spot, on a hillside near Danawu village south-east of Yuanmou town, opened as an archaeological site park in May 2025, with a monument at the discovery site, the protected core of the excavations and renewed exhibition facilities. The Yuanmou Man Museum in town covers the finds in more detail.
How to get to Yuanmou Man Site
About 15 minutes by road south-east of Yuanmou town; Yuanmou West station has D trains from Kunming in about 1.5 hours.
Nearby
- Yuanmou Earth Forest 元谋土林 20 km
Ochre clay pillars carved by rain in a hot, dry valley, glowing at sunrise and sunset
Also within 20 km: Yuanmou Man World Park 元谋人世界公园 (under 10 km).
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