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Accession Number AFC999.2.25 Scientific Name Homo erectus Category femur Alternate Taxon Sinanthropus pekinensis; Pithecanthropus pekinensis; Homo erectus pekinensis Fossil Owner unknown; University of Pennsylvania Fossil Collector Shaner; Pei, W.C.; CRLGSC Date Collected 1930 Place Collected Asia: China, Beijing Municipality, Zhoukoudian Site Zhoukoudian Cave, Lower Cave, Locus D Age adult Description Plaster cast of a femur Materials plaster Geologic Age Mid Pleistocene Sex female Stratigraphy Lower fissure