Wu Xinzhi (Chinese: 吴新智; 2 June 1928 – 4 December 2021) was a Chinese paleoanthropologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,[1] and former vice director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP).

Wu Xinzhi
吴新智
Born(1928-06-02)2 June 1928
Died4 December 2021(2021-12-04) (aged 93)
Beijing, China
Alma materShanghai Medical College
Scientific career
FieldsPaleoanthropology
InstitutionsInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Xīnzhì

Biography

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Wu was born in Hefei, Anhui, China, in 1928. He graduated with a B.S. in medicine from Shanghai Medical College in 1953, and taught from 1953 to 1958 at the Department of Anatomy, Dalian Medical College. He then attended the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] On 5 December 2021, he died of an illness in Beijing, aged 93.[3]

References

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  1. ^ CAS Members. Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ Career of Academician WU Xinzhi, Laureate of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award in Anthropology Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ 中国科学院院士吴新智逝世,享年93岁. sina (in Chinese). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.