One hundred years of anthropological studies in Bulgaria

The anthropological studies are divided into three distinct periods: initial--covering the last decades of the 19th century, classical--mirroring the results of studies carried out in the first half of the 20th century, and contemporary--marked by the organization of the Section of Anthropology and Human Anatomy in the Institute of Morphology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (actually the Institute of Cell Biology and Morphology) in 1953, and by the research done during the second half of the current century. The roles and contributions of Dr. Jonas Basanovichjus, Prof. Stefan Vatev, D. Sc., Dr. Krum Dronchilov, Prof. Milko Balan, D. Sc., Prof. Dimitar Kadanov, D. Sc. and others to the development of Bulgarian anthropology is underscored.