Gibraltar Neandertal research featured in the New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine has just published a feature article by Jon Mooalem detailing his visit to the excavations at Gorham’s and Vanguard Caves in Gibr...
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Photo: Gorham’s Cave
Gorham’s Cave is on the eastern face of Gibraltar. It was carved by the sea, and now lies above sea level because of the upthrust of the Rock over hundreds o...
Photo: Gibraltar sunset
Driving up the Rock of Gibraltar last month, to a dinner in St. Michael’s Cave, we were treated to this sunset view, westward over Algeciras, Spain:
Investigating Neandertal behavior with Geraldine and Clive Finlayson
A week ago I was in Gibraltar for the 2014 Calpe Conference. The conference this year is focused on issues of world heritage, as the Neandertal sites of Gorh...
Notable: Neandertal rock dove hunting
Notable paper: Blasco, R., Finlayson, C., Rosell, J., Marco, A.S., Finlayson, S., Finlayson, G., Negro, J.J., Pacheco, F. G., Vidal, J. R. (2014) The earlies...
New Gibraltar blog by Clive Finlayson
Clive Finlayson has started a new blog featuring some of the day-to-day story of ongoing fieldwork at Gorham’s and Vanguard Caves, Gibraltar: “Clive Finlayso...
Photo: Vanguard Cave
From last week’s trip to Gibraltar, here’s a view from the inside of Vanguard Cave, looking out across the Mediterranean to the east:
Darwin's Neandertal encounter
Michael Balter reports on the historical work of Alex Menez, at the Gibraltar Museum: “When Darwin Met a Neandertal”.
Not a lasting last for the Neandertals
The latest in a long line of “last known Neandertal” sites is now Gorham’s Cave, Gibraltar. Of course, if this were actually a continuing string of “latest” ...