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国宝失踪之谜

In fact, the skull fossils of "Beijingers" have always been stored in the safe at the bottom of Peking Union Medical College Hospital funded by the United States for the academic research of Swedish anthropologist Wei dunrui. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, the Japanese occupied Beijing. Only because the Union Hospital hoisted the American flag, the Japanese did not break in and plunder the skull fossils of the "Peking Man". On the eve of "Pearl Harbor Incident" in 1941, the relationship between Japan and the United States deteriorated. In order to ensure that these precious cultural relics will not fall into the hands of the aggressors, Wei dunrui proposed to transfer the skull fossils of "Beijingers" to the United States for preservation. In early November of the same year, after obtaining the permission of the Chinese government at that time, Wei dunrui and others sent the national treasure to the U.S. Embassy in Peiping, and entrusted the U.S. Marine Corps to escort it to the New York Museum of natural history for temporary refuge. On December 5, a special train with fossilized skulls of "Beijingers" sailed to Qinhuangdao, ready to take the US mail ship "President Harrison" on December 8. However, in the early morning of December 8, when the Japanese raided Pearl Harbor, Japan fought against the United States without declaration. On the same day, the U.S. Marine Corps special train for transporting the skull fossils of "Peking Man" to Qinhuangdao was also stopped by the Japanese, so president Harrison failed to catch up. Since then, the famous "Peking Man" skull ossified stone has mysteriously disappeared.