2026 Clive Finlayson: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	34	9400	9002	1	1	120	6089

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Clive Finlayson is affiliated with the Gibraltar Museum in Gibraltar. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. Their work includes significant contributions to Anthropology, Paleontology, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Archeology.

The scientist's research topics include:

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Among the most frequent publication venues are Quaternary Science Reviews, Scientific Reports, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, PLoS ONE, and Journal of Quaternary Science.

Notable recent papers include:

Iberian Neanderthals in forests and savannahs (2021), Journal of Quaternary Science
First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) (2021), Scientific Reports
First vertebrate tracks and palaeoenvironment in a MIS-5 context in the Doñana National Park (Huelva, SW Spain) (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
Aurochs roamed along the SW coast of Andalusia (Spain) during Late Pleistocene (2022), Scientific Reports
PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LARGE-SIZED WILD BOAR TRACKS RECORDED DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL (MIS 5) AT HUELVA (SW SPAIN) (2020), Palaios

Frequent collaborators include Geraldine Finlayson, Stewart Finlayson, Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal, Francisco Giles Guzmán, and Luís Miguel Cáceres Puro.

Clive Finlayson was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2010.

Best Publications

Late survival of Neanderthals at the southernmost extreme of Europe

Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Francisco Giles Pacheco;Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal;Darren A. Fa

592
Citations
The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.

Iñigo Olalde;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

551
Citations
A rock engraving made by Neanderthals in Gibraltar.

Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal;Francesco d’Errico;Francesco d’Errico;Francisco Giles Pacheco;Ruth Blasco

371
Citations
Rapid ecological turnover and its impact on Neanderthal and other human populations.

Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;José S. Carrión

347
Citations
Birds of a Feather: Neanderthal Exploitation of Raptors and Corvids

Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Kimberly Brown;Ruth Blasco;Jordi Rosell

328
Citations
Neanderthals and Modern Humans: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective

Clive Finlayson

301
Citations
Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals

Miguel Cortés-Sánchez;Arturo Morales-Muñiz;María D. Simón-Vallejo;María C. Lozano-Francisco

283
Citations
A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations: palaeoecological investigations in Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) in the context of the Iberian Peninsula

J. S. Carrión;C. Finlayson;S. Fernández;G. Finlayson

228
Citations
Biogeography and evolution of the genus Homo.

Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson

216
Citations
The historical origins of aridity and vegetation degradation in southeastern Spain

José S. Carrión;Santiago Fernández;G. Jiménez-Moreno;S. Fauquette

206
Citations
The Humans Who Went Extinct: Why Neanderthals Died Out and We Survived

Clive Finlayson

192
Citations
Climate forcing and Neanderthal extinction in Southern Iberia: insights from a multiproxy marine record

Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Francisca Martínez-Ruiz;Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Adina Paytan

139
Citations
Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar—The persistence of a Neanderthal population

Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Darren A. Fa;Francisco J. Jiménez Espejo;Francisco J. Jiménez Espejo;José S. Carrión

137
Citations
The earliest pigeon fanciers

Ruth Blasco;Clive Finlayson;Jordi Rosell;Antonio Sánchez Marco

114
Citations
Small Game and Marine Resource Exploitation by Neanderthals: The Evidence from Gibraltar

Kimberly Brown;Darren A. Fa;Geraldine Finlayson;Clive Finlayson

101
Citations
On the importance of coastal areas in the survival of Neanderthal populations during the Late Pleistocene

Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson

101
Citations
Neanderthals and Modern Humans: Comparative behaviour and ecology of Neanderthals and Modern Humans

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100
Citations
Southern Iberia as a refuge for the last Neanderthal populations

Richard Jennings;Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Darren Fa;Geraldine Finlayson

97
Citations
Paleoflora y Paleovegetación de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares: Plioceno-Cuaternario

W. Fletcher;J.S. Carrión;S. Fernández;P. González-Sampériz

96
Citations
The coastal shelf of the Mediterranean and beyond: Corridor and refugium for human populations in the Pleistocene

Geoff Bailey;José S. Carrión;Darren A. Fa;Clive Finlayson

88
Citations
Neanderthals and Modern Humans

Clive Finlayson

74
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

José S. Carrión University of Murcia

Ruth Blasco Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution

Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University

Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council

Juan J. Negro Spanish National Research Council

Francisca Martínez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council

Penélope González-Sampériz Spanish National Research Council

Ethel Allué Rovira i Virgili University

José Antonio López-Sáez Spanish National Research Council

Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School

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