Located in northern China is not only one of the largest cities in the world, but also the capital of the largest country in the world, Beijing.

Like many great cities, Beijing has had its ups and downs. It's gone from a sleepy village to a global city.

It's seen its share of wars, revolutions, and historical events.

Not only has it had a front seat to history,

but it's also changed its name multiple times in multiple languages.

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The story of Beijing goes back far beyond that of most major cities.

The earliest evidence of ancient hominid settlement in the area goes back somewhere between 200,000 to 700,000 years.

In the 1920s and 30s, Swedish, Canadian, and Chinese paleontologists found fossils from early

human ancestors, which were dubbed Homo erectus Pekingensis, or Peking Man.

The Peking Man fossils were found at the Jokudian site, a series of limestone caves about 50

kilometers or 30 miles southwest of modern Beijing. Sadly, the original fossils were shipped to the

United States during World War II for safekeeping and were lost, most probably in a Japanese

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