今年《自然》杂志发表了中美科学家合作的署名文章,将北京猿人的年龄提升了27万年,也就是说“北京人”有77万年的历史,第十三层所发现的石器有100万年的历史。这引起了争议。比如原自然博物馆的馆长周国兴就对此进行了激烈的反驳,中科院院士吴新智也持保留意见。实际上,早就有人主张北京人年龄超过70万年乃至更多。早于论文发表时间、在北京同心出版社出版的《周口店遗址通览》就认为北京人的年龄接近“100万年。” This year Nature published a signed article on the cooperation between Chinese and U.S. scientists, raising the age of the ape-man in Beijing by 270,000 years, meaning that the Beijinger has a history of 770,000 years. The stoneware discovered on the thirteenth floor There is a million years of history. This caused controversy. For example, the former director of the Museum of Natural History Zhou Guoxing fiercely refuted this, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wu Xinzhi also hold reservations. In fact, some people have long advocated Peking Man over 700,000 years or more. As early as the publication time of the essay, the “Zhoukoudian site visit” published by Beijing Concentric Publishing House considered Peking Man’s age close to “1 million years.” "