Lost and Spy

Chapter 2958 Priceless Treasure
"Or to be more precise, you are here for BJ's skull!"

When Meng Shaoyuan said this sentence, Cheng Yiran's entire face changed color.

BJ man skull!

In his book On the Origin of Species, Darwin made a shocking statement:
Humans are a product of evolution.

Four years later, on the basis of Darwin, Huxley used the knowledge of comparative anatomy, embryology, and paleontology to explain the relationship between animals and humans in detail, demonstrated the position of humans in nature, and proposed for the first time that humans , The theory of the same ancestor of apes.

However, the biological and archaeological evidence that can support the evolution of human beings from ancient apes has not been discovered for a long time.

At that time, the older generation of archaeologists in our country were under great pressure and engaged in archaeological investigation and excavation with patriotism.And the truly international sensational discovery is the unearthed BJ ape-man skull!

With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, more systematic archaeological excavations were carried out in the Zhoukoudian area.

To the delight of the world again, on December 1929, 12, Chinese archaeologist Mr. Pei Wenzhong discovered a complete BJ human skull for the first time!

After identification, the life of this skull is about 70 to 20 years ago.

Previously, Homo erectus fossils that have been discovered mainly include Homo erectus in Java, Neanderthals and Heidelbergers in Germany.

However, the aforementioned three discoveries were not widely recognized by the academic community at the time, but rather controversial.This makes it difficult to agree whether there is a Homo erectus stage in the history of human evolution.

The discovery of the BJ man's skull confirmed irrefutably that Homo erectus did exist and lived in East Asia.

At the same time, during the excavation process, relics of fire use were also found, indicating that the BJ people have been able to use fire and know how to preserve fire.

From the perspective of age alone, the BJ ape-man is not the earliest human being, but it is indeed a representative of the intermediate link from ape to man, so it is called "the most meaningful and moving discovery in the entire history of ancient humans".

This precious BJ human skull is stored in BJ Concord Hospital.

In 1941, the Japanese army began to occupy some American institutions in Beiping.Some insightful people foresee that with the intensification of conflicts between the United States and Japan, Union Medical College Hospital will not be safe.At that time, the Cenozoic Research Laboratory, which was in charge of preserving the BJ man's skull, had to find another safe place for storage.

After discussion, a total of three plans were proposed, the third of which was to transport these national treasures to the United States for temporary storage.

In contrast, secretly transporting five BJ skulls to the United States in the name of transshipment of U.S. assets is the safest of the three plans.

The person in charge of this consignment mission was a US Marine Corps medic named Foley, and the two wooden boxes containing BJ's ape-man skull were mixed in 27 boxes of luggage to conceal people's eyes and ears.

The first half of the delivery mission went smoothly.According to Foley's recollection, the special train carrying BJ's skull successfully arrived at QHD, and then Foley's assistant Davis received the special luggage mixed with confidential wooden boxes.

Davis also made it clear that he retrieved the luggage at that time, and clearly remembered that it was 27 boxes, and then put these luggage in his room.

After placing it properly, Foley and Davis waited to leave for the United States the next day.

However, just the next day, on December 1941, 12, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and then the United States declared war on Japan, and the Pacific War broke out.

At the same time, the Japanese army began to rapidly invade and occupy the US institutions in China, including the barracks of the US Marine Corps in QHD. Foley, Davis and others who were responsible for and participated in the escort of BJ's ape-man skull became Japanese prisoners.

As for the whereabouts of BJ's ape-man skull, it was interrupted.

Cheng Yiran came to find the bones.

What kind of bone is worth the risk he took?

He is from BJ University.

Pei Wenzhong, who was the first to discover the BJ man's skull, also graduated from the Geology Department of BJ University!

Therefore, Meng Shao had reason to believe that Cheng Yiran came here just for the BJ man's skull!
Cheng Yiran's information is quite accurate.

It is very likely that the BJ human skull fell into the hands of the Japanese.

Moreover, according to the gradual revelation later, the precious BJ man's skull was first sent to Singapore, and then transferred to Manila along with a large number of cultural relics, ready to look for opportunities to transport it back to Japan.

There is also a clearer statement that the last time BJ's skull appeared was on the "Awa Maru".

However, the revealing of the secrets does not stop here. The BJ man's skull, with the sinking of the "Awa Maru", lost its whereabouts forever.

This is a treasure belonging to the Chinese nation!
Since the late Qing Dynasty, due to the country's poverty and weakness, Western powers and even emerging Japan have all judged China through colored glasses.

Ragubelli of the University of London proposed that the ancestor of the Chinese nation, the Yellow Emperor, migrated from Babylon.

Since then, many Western scholars have also put forward similar views, tending to believe that Chinese civilization originated from the West.After the introduction of modern archeology to China, although many important cultural relics have been discovered one after another, many foreign experts and scholars still hold prejudices against Eastern civilization.

For example, in the 19s, after Anderson discovered prehistoric painted pottery in Henan and Gansu, he found that these painted pottery were similar to prehistoric painted pottery in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. He proposed that this kind of painted pottery was introduced to China from the West, making Chinese civilization Western to have a greater impact.

However, with the discovery of the BJ man's skull, this absurd theory in the West was quickly overturned!
Forget about the whereabouts of BJ's skull.

But now that he saw hope, how could it be possible for Master Meng to disappear again with his character?

Seeing that Cheng Yiran didn't say a word, Meng Shaoyuan was not in a hurry: "Professor Cheng, don't you admit it? I respect you intellectuals very much, and I don't want to torture you.

But, if you think about it carefully, if you can see BJ's skull again in your lifetime, how meaningful would it be?And for this purpose, maybe I can help you accomplish it. "

Nothing moved Cheng Yiran's heart more than these words.

He looked up and asked, "Really?"

Naive.

Meng Shaoyuan sighed in his heart.

When you say this, it is tantamount to directly admitting that you came here for the BJ skull.

He nodded seriously: "I don't deceive a scholar."

Cheng Yiran finally said: "Yes, I came here for the BJ skull. I am Pei Wenzhong's classmate and colleague. Later, after Pei Wenzhong went to France to study paleoanthropology, Mr. Jia Lanpo and I continued to stay in Zhoukoudian for excavation.

The BJ skulls belong to China, and no one can take them away, even if these skulls fall into your hands now! "

(End of this chapter)