Jacques Jaubert
Jacques Jaubert (born 26 July 1957) is a French prehistorian and professor of Paleolithic archaeology at University of Bordeaux 1. Academic career. He obtained his MA and PhD at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He obtained his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in 2000 at University of Toulouse-Le Mirail with a thesis entitled "Middle Paleolithic and Early Upper Palaeolithic in Southwestern Europe and Northeastern Asia". He is a member of the editorial boards of a number of international journals, including "Archaeology", "Ethnology", and "Anthropology of Eurasia". Research. The majority of Jaubert's studies have been  centered around Middle Paleolithic and Neanderthals in southwestern Europe and western Asia. He has been the director or co-director of a number of archaeological projects in France, including Quercy (Coudoulous, Espagnac) and Saintonge (Jonzac), Mongolia (Aimak of Hovd in Mongolian Altai), Iran (Mar Tarik cave and Qaleh Bozi Cave) and Armenia. He has also published many scholarly papers, co-edited books and a written book about Neanderthals for general readers in 1999. Teaching activities. Jaubert is the co-director of the master of biological anthropology and prehistory program at the University of Bordeaux 1.