Pre-Austronesian ‘Liangdao Man’

Jonas C.Y. Chen, from 1955 to 2001, worked in the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, throughout his life. After retirement, Jonas C.Y. Chen served as Adjunct Research Fellow for15 years (2001-2016) in the same institute; Visiting Professor, School of Humanities, Xiamen University (January 2010-December 2012); Honorary Research Fellow, the Archaeology and Fine Art Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1997-2020); Fulbright Scholar, visited Department of Anthropology, UCLA, and Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona (October 1987-July 1998). In 2017, Jonas C.Y. Chen won the National Cultural Heritage Preservation Award from Ministry of Culture, Taiwan. ROC.

• The Matsu Archipelago in The Maritime Archaeology.- The Archaeology of Matsu Archipelago.- Physical Anthropology of the Two 'Liangdao Man' Individuals.- DNA Analysis of 'Liangdao Man'.- The origins of the 'Liangdao Man' Population and its East Asian Descendants.- 'Liangdao Man' from Physical and Cultural Anthropological Perspectives.- Results and Conclusion.