Davidson Black was a Canadian paleoanthropologist that was born in Toronto, Canada , in 1884. Black began to have an interest in human evolution after he worked with the famous neuroanatomist Grafton Elliot Smith. He spent a fair amount of his time working in China, which he didn’t mind, because he knew it was greatly thought that humans had originated in central Asia. Davidson Black was best known for his discovery of Sinanthropus pekinensis, now known as Homo erectus pekinensis.
As a child, Davidson Black would spend many summers by the Kawartha lakes. He enjoyed outdoor activities and easily became an expert at canoeing. Black would spend hours searching for gold along the Don River and also found enjoyment collecting fossils along the banks. When Black was a teenager, he would carry heavy loads of supplies long distances for the Hudson Bay Company, simply by using his canoe. He also became good friends with the First Nations people, in addition to learning one First Nations......
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