“要把75岁当作57岁来过”
“Live at 75 as if you are 57.”

　　河北丰南人。中国旧石器考古学及第四纪哺乳动物学奠基人。1937年获法国巴黎大学博士学位。是北京猿人第一头盖骨的发现者，周口店人类遗址发掘与研究的重要组织者。主要研究中国史前考古学、古人类学和第四纪地质学与哺乳动物学，提出了中国旧石器考古研究方法论和文化体系框架，同时开展了中石器和新石器时代的综合研究。1955年当选中科院学部委员（院士）。曾当选国际第四纪联合会名誉委员、联合国史前学和原史学协会名誉理事、英国皇家人类学会名誉会员等。曾任中国科学院古脊椎动物研究室研究员、古人类组组长。

Dr. Pei Wenchung was born in Fengnan, Hebei Province. He is the founder of Chinese Paleolithic archeology and Quaternary mammalogy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris in France in 1937. Pei discovered the first skull of Peking Man and was an important organizer of the excavation and research at the Zhoukoudian site. His research focused on prehistoric archeology, paleoanthropology, Quaternary geology, and mammalogy in China. He established the research methodologies and cultural system framework for Paleolithic archeology in China, and carried out comprehensive studies of the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Pei was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955. In addition, he was an honorary committee member of the International Union for Quaternary Research, an honorary council member of the United Nations Committee of Prehistory and Early History, and an honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He worked as a professor and the director of the Division of Paleoanthropology of the IVPP.