- Choukoutienian industry
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tool assemblage discovered along with cultural remains at the Chou-k'ou-tien (Pinyin Zhoukoudian) caves near Peking, site of Homo erectus finds. See Chopper chopping-tool industry.
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Choukoutienian industry
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