The remains that have become known as "Wushan Man" were found in 1985 in Longgupo (lang=zh 龙骨坡 , literally "Dragon Bone Slope" which is an alternate English name for it), Zhenlongping Village, Miaoyu Town of Wushan County, Chongqing in the Three Gorges area of China 20 kilometers south of the Yangtze River.