Wu Xinzhi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

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 Hefei, Anhui, China
Died	4 December 2021(2021-12-04) (aged 93) Beijing, China
Alma mater	Shanghai Medical College
Scientific career
Fields	Paleoanthropology
Institutions	Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	吴新智
Traditional Chinese	呉新智
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Xīnzhì

Biography

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]