Jia Lanpo

Jia Lanpo (November 25 1908, Yutian, Hebei Province - July 8 2001) was a Chinese prehistorian. Professor Jia was one of the founders of Chinese anthropology.

He graduated from the Huiwen Academyin 1929 and went on to work as a trainee at the Cenozoic Research Laboratory of the Geological Survey of China. In April 1931 he joined the excavation at Peking Man in Zhoukoudian where he worked with many of the biggest names in anthropology of his era, including Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Henri Breuil, Davidson Black, Franz Weidenreich and Pei Wenzhong whom he replaced as the head of Zhoukoudian excavations in 1935. After 1949 he served in many academical positions as well as working in the field. He also helped to open up the Chinese research to foreign scientists.

His cremated remains are buried at Zhoukoudian besides those of his colleagues Pei Wenzhong and Yang Zhongjian.

Selected bibliography

 * Early Man in China
 * The Story of Peking Man