Davidson Black, FRS (born July 25, 1884, Toronto, Ontario, Canada died March 15, 1934, Beijing, China) was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erectus pekinensis). He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was known as 步達生 (pinyin: Bù Dáshēng) in China.
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