Ofer Bar-Yosef

male
Harvard University, Kebara Cave, Netiv Hagdud, Natufian culture, Palaeolithic, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Ofer Bar-Yosef (born 1937) is an Israeli archaeologist whose main field of study has been the palaeolithic period. He was Professor of Prehistoric...
Bryan Sykes

Bryan Sykes

male
Helena, Generations, Neanderthals, Palaeolithic, mutations, enzymes
Bryan Sykes is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He published the first report on...
Dorothy Garrod

Dorothy Garrod

female, deceased (1968)
Shuqba, Fellow of the British Academy, Professor Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod, Sir Archibald Garrod, Middle Palaeolithic, Lower Palaeolithic…Palaeolithic
Professor Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod (5 May, 1892-18 December, 1968) was a British archaeologist who was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge...
John Wymer

John Wymer

male, deceased (2006)
Klasies River Caves, From Reading, Berkshire, handaxe, Mesolithic, Homo heidelbergensis, Thatcham…Palaeolithic
Dr John James Wymer, (5 March1928 - 10 February2006) was a British archaeologist and one of the leading experts on the Palaeolithic period. Born...

Derek Roe

male
Oxford University, Archaeologist, British, National Service, Peterhouse, Cambridge, Palaeolithic
Derek Roe is a British archaeologist most famous for his work on the Palaeolithic period. Educated at St Edward's School in Oxford he undertook his...
John Frere

John Frere

male, deceased (1807)
politician, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, Palaeolithic, extinct, English
John Frere (1740-1807) was an English antiquary and a pioneering discoverer of Old Stone Age or Palaeolithic tools in association with large...

Hallam L. Movius

male, deceased (1987)
Harvard University, Archaeologist, American, Dordogne, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Palaeolithic
Hallam Leonard Movius (1907-1987) was an American archaeologist most famous for his work on the palaeolithic period. He was born in Newton,...

Lorraine Copeland

female
Harley Street, Archaeologist, Miles Axe Copeland Jr, Elizabeth Lorraine Adie, Institute of Archaeology, Miles Copeland…Palaeolithic
Lorraine Copeland (born Elizabeth Lorraine Adie) is an archaeologist specialising in the Palaeolithic period of the Near East. Her husband was...

James Geikie

male, deceased (1915)
Geologist, Scottish, ice age, geological survey, university of edinburgh, iceberg…Palaeolithic
James Geikie (23 August 1839-1915) was a Scottish geologist and younger brother of Sir Archibald Geikie, he was born in Edinburgh. He was educated...
John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury

John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury

male, deceased (1913)
John Lubbock, 4th Baronet and 1st Baron Avebury, banker, Irish home rule, Entomologist, Liberal Unionist Party, Liberal MP…Palaeolithic
John Lubbock, 4th Baronet and 1st Baron Avebury, PC FRS (30 April 1834 - 28 May 1913), English banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist was...