- 北京猿人 běijīngyuánrén Peking ManPeking Man; an early human relative discovered in Zhoukoudian, China, dating to around 700,000 to 200,000 years ago
- 蓝田猿人 lántiányuánrén Lantian ManAn early subspecies of Homo erectus discovered in 1963 in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, China. Their physical features are considered more primitive than those of [[北京猿人|北京猿人|bei3 jing1 yuan2 ren2]] or Java Man.
- 元谋猿人 yuánmóuyuánrén Yuanmou ManFossil remains of an early hominid from the early Paleolithic period discovered in 1965 in Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province; also called [[元谋人|元謀人|yuan2 mou2 ren2]]