Peking Man, whose emergence from suburban Beijing in the 1920s and 1930s fi rst revealed the existence of early humans in northeastern Asia, has remained at the center of a hot debate for decades. The mysterious absence of the fossil skulls of this Homo Peking Man, whose emergence from suburban Beijing in the 1920s and 1930s fi rst revealed the existence of early humans in northeastern Asia, has remained at the center of a hot debate for decades. The mysterious absence of the fossil skulls of this Homo