Vincent Sarich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vincent Sarich

American paleo-anthropologist

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1934

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 27-Oct-2012

Profession: university teacher, paleontologist, anthropologist, paleoanthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Vincent Matthew Sarich (December 13, 1934 – October 27, 2012) was an American anthropologist.
He was Professor Emeritus in anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. Sarich and his PhD advisor, Allan Wilson, used molecular data to estimate that humans and chimpanzees have a common ancestor just four to five million years ago.
Their paper on their finding was published in 1967.
At the time, scientists considered the common ancestor to live ten to 30 million years ago, and their revised estimate has become well accepted.
Sarich generated controversy with his support for analyzing human behavior and populations in evolutionary terms.