Dong Tichen Explained

Dong Tichen or Ti-Chen Tung (; 1931 – 2 September 1966) was a Chinese anthropologist and educator. He was a pioneer in physical anthropology in China.^{[1] [2]}

He was educated in Fu Jen Catholic University (Beijing Normal University) in the 1940s, then attended Moscow State University in 1957. In the 1960s, He was invited to Fudan University by Wu Dingliang. Dong, Wu, and Liu Xian created the first department of physical anthropology at Fudan University in mainland China.^[3]

His research concentrated on paleoprimatology, dermatoglyphics, description of biological variation of ethnic minorities in China. He collected anthropometric measurements and described physical characteristics of living people in different parts of China.^[4] In 1962, he published "The Taxonomic Position of Gigantopithecus in Primates".^[5] In 1964, Dong published the paper "Study of dermatoglyphics of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi".^[6]

When the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, he was severely persecuted and died as a result.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Etler DA, "Recent developments in the study of human biology in China: a review", "Human Biology", Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 569, 1992
2. News: Chen . Wang . 2013-10-25 . 曹操"验明正身"记 . The Story of Verifying Cao Cao's Remain . NEWSCHINA . 2013-10-25.
3. Lu Qingwu, "Memorializing an Excellent Anthropology Professor Tichen Dong", "Communication on Anthropology", 2014
4. Book: Frank, Spencer . December 1, 1996 . History of Physical Anthropology, Volume 1 . Abingdon, United Kingdom . Routledge . 281 . 978-0815304906.
5. Tichen Dong, "The Taxonomic Position of Gigantopithecus in Primates", "Vertebrata PalAsiatica", 1962
6. Tichen Dong, "Study of dermatoglyphics of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi", "Bulletin of Fudan University", 1964
7. Book: Han, Kangxin . 2005 . 中国西北地区古代居民种族研究 . Study on the Races of Ancient Residents in Northwest China . Chinese . Shanghai . Fudan University Publishing House . 978-7-309-04430-0 . 5 . 2018-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124601/http://www.fudanpress.com.cn/root/showdetail.asp?bookid=3641 . 2018-01-20 . dead.