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Professor Michael (Mike) Archer AM, FAA, FRSN (born 1945, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian paleontologist specialising in Australian vertebrates. He is a Professor at the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales. His previous appointments include Director of the Australian Museum 1999-2004 and Dean of Science at the University of New South Wales 2004-2009. He was born in Sydney but raised in the United States and studied at the Princeton University. From 1972 to 1978, he was the curator of mammals at the Queensland Museum.〔(Prof. Mike Archer (Australia) ) Honorary Associates of Rationalist International, retrieved 2009-08-08〕 Since 1983, he has been involved with the exploration of the Riversleigh fossil site in Queensland.〔(Riversleigh fossils ) Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 2009-08-08〕 He is opposed to creationism and regularly engages in active debates with creationists.〔(Dr Michael Archer, local ringleader ) Creation Ministries International, retrieved 2009-08-08〕 During his time as director of the Australian Museum, he was the initiator of attempts to clone the ''Thylacinus cynocephalus'', the Tasmanian tiger, an animal extinct since 1936.〔(With a Tiger in the Tank ) World Press Review, published August 2002, retrieved 2009-08-08〕〔(True or False? Extinction Is Forever ) Smithsonian magazine, June 2003, retrieved 2009-08-08〕 Mike Archer has stated that he is obsessed with bringing the thylacine back to life via cloning. He has said that his obsession is going to push the research further and further until he and his team will have their first living thylacine clone. He is married to the paleontologist Suzanne Hand, with whom he has two daughters. ==Honours== *1984: Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales〔(The Clarke Medal and Clarke Memorial Lectureship )〕 *1987: Inaugural Queensland Museum Medal for Research *1989: Australian Heritage Award for Nature Conservation *1990: Inaugural Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science *1990: Inaugural IBM Conservation Award for Research *1994: Von Mueller Medal, ANZAAS *1996: Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia *1998: Australian Skeptic of the Year *2002: Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) *2008: Member of the Order of Australia (AM)〔(Australia Day 2008 Honours List )〕 *2009: Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://royalsoc.org.au/society/fellows.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Archer (paleontologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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