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2008 Science Top Ten
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The January issue of prestigious American science magazine Discover publishes its
top 100 science articles of 2008. The list includes a wide range of cutting-
Gibraltar is featured in the science story, “Cavemen: They’re Just Like Us” that has made it to number 8 on the list. The study, published by a joint team that included Professor Clive Finlayson of the Gibraltar Museum, in September’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) that reported on the exploitation of seals and dolphins by Neanderthals in Gorham’s and Vanguard Caves has had a huge impact on the world stage. A quick search on the Internet soon reveals the extent to which the discovery is being talked about across the world.
The Minister for Culture, Heritage, Sport and Leisure, the Hon Edwin J. Reyes, will
officially inaugurate the 2008-
The inaugural lecture will be given by Museum Director Professor Clive Finlayson
who will be looking at the way in which humans have coped with environmental change
through time, only to become agents of that change themselves. In the current economic
climate that the world is experiencing, Professor Finlayson will discuss the degree
to which we have become agents of our own difficulties -
Darren Fa, of the Gibraltar Museum’s research team, has just published an article
online in the prestigious peer-
Dr Fa, who was awarded his Ph.D. in marine biology by the University of Southampton’s National Oceanography centre in 1998, has bought together his expertise in this field (specifically, the oceanographic and biological dynamics of the Strait of Gibraltar) and coupled it with the Gibraltar Museum’s ongoing research into the prehistoric inhabitants of the Rock and the surrounding hinterland to provide evidence that marine environments such as the intertidal could have played a significant role in the subsistence economies of these early humans.
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Museum Lecture Series 2009
Calpe Conference 2009
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2009 will be the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin and it will also mark his 200th Birthday.
To commemorate this event, the Gibraltar Museum will be holding a series of lectures
for its 2008-
This series, which will be delivered by local speakers, will include lectures that strictly adhere to organic evolution but, the programme will also look at evolution and change in a wider context, including questions on identity, economy, architecture and the universe.
All lectures will be held at the John Mackintosh Hall at 2030 hours. They are free of admission charge and the public is invited to attend.
The Hon Edwin Reyes, Minister for Culture, Heritage, Sport and Leisure will officially inaugurate the series, on the 20th November at 2030 hours.
2009 will be the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin and it will also mark his 200th Birthday.
Therefore, coinciding with this event, next year's Calpe Conference will focus on
'Human Evolution -
There will also be a programme of short communications by other speakers, in addition to the conference's main speakers.
Registration for this conference is now open.
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