Name: Dr. Sergio Almecija. Born 1982. Sergio is a paleontologist. He studies the history of life on Earth by studying fossils. Fact 1: Sergio studies the evolution of humans and our relatives, the apes. Fact 2: Sergio studies early apes and humans t…
 

DR. SERGIO ALMÉCIJA
PALEONTOLOGIST

Dr. Sergio Almécija is a researcher studying human evolution. From Dr. Sergio Almécija: “Understanding the nature of the last common ancestor between apes and humans is essential to better understanding human origins.” He works at the American Museum of Natural History. His other job title is biological anthropologist.

Some of his research focuses on the evolution of human hands. In his 2015 study, published in Nature Communications, Dr. Almécija found that human hands are actually quite primitive; in the last 2 million years, human hands have changed less than chimpanzee hands. He also studies the origins of human “bipedalism” (walking on two legs) from an unknown form of locomotion used by our ape ancestors.

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