Clive Finlayson Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Prof.
Honorific-Suffix:MBE GMD MAE
Clive Finlayson
Birth Date:15 January 1955
Birth Place:Gibraltar
Workplaces:Gibraltar Museum
Thesis Title:The ecology and behaviour of closely related species at Gibraltar (with special reference to swifts and warblers)
Thesis Year:1979

Prof. Clive Finlayson MBE FLS (born 15 January 1955) is a Gibraltarian zoologist, paleoanthropologist and paleontologist. He is the incumbent Director of the Gibraltar Museum.[1] Finlayson has published various works mainly based on his research which includes ongoing excavations at Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar, the last known site of the Neanderthals.

Education

Clive Finlayson was born on Gibraltar on 15 January 1955. He has an elder brother, Tommy Finlayson. The Finlaysons are of Scottish descent, but they have been on the Rock since the early 19th century.[2] Clive Finlayson was educated at the Gibraltar Grammar School. He completed a BSc Special Honours degree in Zoology at the University of Liverpool in 1976. In 1980 he graduated with a Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) from Oriel College, Oxford and later went on to obtain an MSc in Museum Studies from Leicester University.[3]

Career

Shortly after graduating from his degree, Finlayson became increasingly active within local natural and cultural heritage circles. He founded the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society (GONHS) in 1978, an organisation which he chaired until 1992. He was also a trustee of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust from 1987 to 1989.[3]

Having been the managing director of the Gibraltar Tourism Agency, he took up the position of Director of the Gibraltar Museum in 1991 which he holds to date (June 2012) and is also the Director of the Gibraltar Culture and Heritage Agency's Heritage Division.[4]

In 2001 Finlayson was appointed to the staff of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He was made MBE in the 2003 New Year Honours.[4]

His various publications include literature on the Neanderthals and Modern Humans as well as on ornithology and his research programme includes ongoing excavations at Gorham's Cave, the last known site of the Neanderthals, as part of the Gibraltar Caves Project.[4] Finlayson's 2009 book on Neanderthals and their interaction with Homo sapiens expands on the idea that we were the same species since modern man contains genetic sequences that are shared with neanderthals and the possibility of interbreeding is likely. However, Finlayson discusses that because these shared genetic sequences are common across the globe then it is possible that these shared genes are due to our common heritage in Africa.[5]

Along with his many varied roles, he also acts as a consultant to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clive Finlayson. Osprey Publishing. 25 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107210323/http://www.ospreypublishing.com/authors/Clive_Finlayson. 7 November 2012. dead.
  2. Book: Leguineche, Manuel . Gibraltar . Manuel Leguineche . 2002 . es . Barcelona . 84-08-04470-2 . Planeta . 261.
  3. Web site: Clive Finlayson. Gibraltar Museum. 25 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008051519/http://www.gibmuseum.gi/Clive.html. 8 October 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Clive Finlayson. My.andalucia.com. 25 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130102020234/http://my.andalucia.com/users/clive-finlayson. 2 January 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: Finlayson. Clive. To mate, or not to mate: The Neanderthal question. Viewpoint on BBC News. BBC. 11 May 2010. 7 July 2012.
  6. Smith. Peter K.. 2006. Rev. of Finlayson, Neanderthals and Modern Humans. Anthropos. 101. 1. 269–70. 40466650.

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