article_snippet: A tooth belonging to the Peking Man – an ancient human ancestor that lived between 750,000 and 200,000 years ago - has been re-discovered after being lost for decades in an unopened box in a museum indicates that Peking Man (a bust is pictured) gnawed on bones and ate nuts .
article_snippet: Previous studied have shown that the Peking Man used fire to stay warm and wore animal hides.
article_snippet: show became a world sensation in 1927 when crania and other bones were found at the site by Wenhao Weng of the Geological Survey of China and Canadian Davidson Black, who had taken over the excavations.
article_snippet: Peking Man, an ancient human ancestor lived between 750,000 and 200,000 years ago.
article_snippet: Examination of a tooth now shows that the species ate nuts and meat with wear and tear indicating the Peking Man gnawed on bones.
article_snippet: In order to survive the harsh weather, the Peking Man would have needed to be able to create and manage fire, and now there is solid proof to back this theory in the form of soil samples.
article_snippet: It's thought the Peking Man wore animal hides that had been softened using stone tools.
article_snippet: Belonging to the species Homo erectus, the Peking Man was also able to make bizarrely drilled holed objects, but It is not understood why.
article_snippet: the Peking Man became a world sensation in 1927 when crania (pictured)  and other bones were found at the site by Wenhao Weng of the Geological Survey of China and Canadian Davidson Black .
article_snippet: We now know that the species is a direct ancestor to the Peking Man.
article_snippet: However, the lost materials of the Peking Man remain one of palaeontology’s greatest mysteries and most tragic losses’, said Dr Ahlberg.
article_snippet: Archaeologists first arrived in Zhoukoudian in 1921 where Archaeologists were directed to the site by quarrymen.
article_snippet: First, human teeth were found at the site but human teeth was Canadian scientist Canadian Davidson Black who made some of the most significant discoveries, including a skull, despite the Peking Man initial findings being treated with scepticism by scientists around the world.
highlights_snippet: Peking Man is the name of the species, not an individual .
  