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In which epoch the fossils of Sinanthropus pekinensis have been discovered?

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Pleistocene
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Pliocene
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Eocene
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Palaeocene
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The correct option is C Pleistocene
Homo erectus was a erect man from middle Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 1.7 to 0.25 million years ago. One of the important species of Homo erectus was the Peking man or Homo erectus pekinensis also called as Homo erectus sinanthropus or Sinanthropus pekinensis.

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