Description: (Palaeoanthropologist)
Jia Lanpo was a prominent Chinese palaeoanthropologist known as a founder of Chinese anthropology. He began his career at the Cenozoic Research Laboratory and later participated in excavations at Zhoukoudian alongside renowned figures in paleoanthropology. Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China, he held various academic positions and played a significant role at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Jia promoted international collaboration in Chinese paleoanthropological research and was elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1994.