Public Lecture - "Neanderthals and Hyaenas: Exploring the Natural History of the First Gibraltarians"

Gibraltar National Museum Lecture Series 2026

Public lecture by Professor Clive Finlayson

Thursday 19^th February 2026
18:00
Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall

The Gibraltar National Museum opens its 2026 Lecture Series with a public lecture by Professor Clive Finlayson examining the natural history of Gibraltar during the Neanderthal period. The talk will focus on the long-term coexistence and interaction between Neanderthals and hyaenas, and on the what the archaeological and palaeontological record from the Gorham's Cave Complex reveals about this shared landscape during the Late Pleistocene.

This lecture forms part of the Gibraltar National Museum’s programme marking the centenary of the discovery of the Gibraltar 2 Neanderthal child skull known as 'Flint'.

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About the Lecture Series 

This lecture is the first in a public lecture series marking 100 years since the discovery of the Gibraltar 2 Neanderthal skull known as 'Flint'. Further lectures in the series include:

Tuesday 17^th March, 18:00
Professor Geraldine Finlayson
Neanderthals, Behaviour, Culture, and Emerging Humanity

Wednesday 8^th April, 18:00
Dr Alex Menez
Dorothy Garrod and the Devil’s Tower Skull

Thursday 7^th May, 18:00
Dr Stewart Finlayson
The Last Neanderthal, The World Through Flint’s Eyes

All lectures take place in the Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall, and are free to attend.