人类学学报 ›› 2008, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (02): 180-188.

• 人类学学报 • 上一篇    

1895—1950年间的中国体质人类学研究与教学活动述略

杜靖   

  • 出版日期:2008-06-15 发布日期:2008-06-15

A review to the China’s physical anthropology research and teaching activities from 1895 to 1950

DU Jing   

  • Online:2008-06-15 Published:2008-06-15

摘要: 1895—1950年间的中国体质人类学活动,既注重研究和教学相结合,又注重体质调查和文化调查相结合,生物与考古并重,其研究目的在于揭示各族群的体质差异,以及人类的演化问题。先期主要由外国学者进入并开展研究和教学活动,后期则主要由中国本土人类学家推动这一工作。另外,此一阶段后期体质人类学发展深受中日战争影响,战争前主要分布于北方、华东和华南,战争爆发期间主要集中于西南,战争后则主要集中于东南和华南。

关键词: 中国体质人类学;体质调查和测量;人类学教学

Abstract: From 1895 to 1950, Chinese physical anthropology paid attention to combine the study with teaching, to integrate physical measurement with cultural investigation, and to keep close links between biology and archaeology. The study purposes of Chinese physical anthropology lied in revealing the physical traits and diversity of nations. In the initial stage, the study and teaching of anthropology had been developed mostly by the foreign scholars; in the later period, the Chinese indigenous scholars pushed it forward. In addition, the development of Chinese physical anthropology in the later stagewas deeply influenced by the war between China and Japan. In prewar days, the studies were made in Northeast China, North China, East China and South China; during the war, the studies were developed in the Southwest China; after the war, the studies were conducted in the Southeast and South China.

Key words: Chinese physical anthropology; Anthropometric measurement; Anthropology teaching