Wanfujing Paleolithic Museum is located in third floor underground of Oriental Plaza, Wangfujing Street in Dongcheng District. The relics of several 25,000-year-old Chinese ancestors were discovered in 1996 by Yue Shengyang, a scholar of Peking University during the construction of Oriental Plaza.

The construction project for Oriental Plaza paused for eight months while excavations were completed, and in 2001, the area was presented by Li Jiacheng, the original investor, to the Dongcheng government, hence the incongruous "Wangfujing Paleolithic Museum" sign amidst the usual marble-fest of a glitzy mall.

In the museum occupies an area of 300 square meters, it displays the anvil, hammerstone, steinkern and scabbling excavated from this site. Skeletons of paleontology such as cow, chital, ostrich, fish and bone spade, osteocomma that dated back to 20,000 years also can be found in the hall. It is another important discovery of ancient human remains in Beijing area after the Peking Man found in Zhoukoudian.

Ticket: 10 RMB

Address: 1P3 Oriental Plaza, No. 1 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng District

How to get there: Take Bus No. 1, 4, 10, 37, 52, 57, 103, 104, 337, 867, 813 and 814 to get there