Alexei Nikolaevich Severtsov was a Russian and Soviet evolutionary zoologist who worked on comparative anatomy and morphology. He was the son of the zoologist Nikolai Severtzov. He studied the evolution of vertebrates and established an institute for evolutionary morphology which is now named after him as the AN Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. He introduced various concepts of phyloembryology and evolutionary physiology.
- Occupation
- paleontologist, zoologist, university teacher, biologist
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
- Born
- September 11, 1866, 1866, September 23, 1866
- Died
