Valeri Pavlovich Alekseyev (sometimes spelled as Alexeev) (Валерий Павлович Алексеев, 22 August 1929 - 7 November 1991) was a Russian anthropologist, director of the Institute of Archaeology in Moscow (1987–1991) and member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, exceptionally without having been a member of the Communist Party.
Alekseyev proposed Homo rudolfensis in 1986. In 2006 Russian Academy of Sciences established Valeri Alekseyev award for the outstanding achievements in anthropology and archaeology
Alekseyev died suddenly from thromboses in Moscow on November 7, 1991 (aged 62).
The award winning popular science book on human evolution "Who Asked the First Question? Origins of Human Choral Singing, Intelligence, Language and Speech" (2006) is dedicated to the memory of Valeri P. Alekseyev and his lifelong friend, Georgian anthropologist Malkhaz Abdushelishvili
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