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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21579, 26 February 1932, Page 10

The Pekin man, who lived at least 1,000,000 years ago, knew how to make fire, and used stone implements. These discoveries have just been reported to the Chinese Geological Society after a four years’ search. Professor G. Elliott Smith, the British anthropologist, who went to China to report on ihe Pekin skull, has received full reports of those now finds. “ The careful work of Mr W. C. Pei, the Chinese geologist, has led to the discovery of a large selection of stone implements, which have been chipped with great skill.” he explained. “ What is perhaps even more interesting is the discovery by Mr Pei of the evidence that these very ancient and primitive people had used fire. This puts back the history of fire-making to a period more than twice as remote as that which hitherto had been assumed.”