The Earliest Grandpa We Lost in the War

The Peking Man’s bones changed everything we knew about the earliest humans—then vanished in the chaos of post-war China. Yet there’s a chance we soon might unearth them a second time.

Allison McNearney

Published Oct. 1 2016 12:02AM EDT 

Allison McNearney

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