| Title |
Nuo auksologijos iki lietuvių etnogenezės / |
| Translation of Title |
From auxology to ethnogenesis of Lithuanians. |
| Authors |
Tutkuvienė, Janina |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Medicina. 2005, t. 41, Nr. 11, p. 968-973.. ISSN 1010-660X |
| Keywords [eng] |
ethnogenesis of Lithuanians ; history ; auxology ; anthropology ; craniology |
| Abstract [eng] |
On the occasion of 65th birthday of Professor Gintautas Česnys present paper gives a review of scientific and other activity of this outstanding personality – the expert member of Lithuanian Academy of Science, former Dean of the Medical Faculty (1988–1999) and Head of the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology (1988–2001) of Vilnius University, prizeman of Lithuanian National Prize of Science (1989) and Estonian State prize (2005). Gintautas Česnys graduated from Medical Faculty in 1963. His scientific and pedagogical activity developed from problems of auxology (first dissertation “Auxological characteristics of Lithuanians during infancy, longitudinal study, 1970”) to ethnic anthropology (second dissertation “Anthropology of ancient inhabitants in Lithuania”, 1986). Recently Professor devotes his scientific potentiality for generalizing and summing up of the main historical moments and most outstanding personalities of Lithuanian anthropology. |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2005 |
