1978 – 1981 B.Sc. Honours (Zoology) 1981

Zoology Department, University of Aberystwyth, Wales.

Honours Thesis: Analysis by autoradiography of the chondrogenic pattern in the amphibian limb: a problem of development and evolution.

1981- 1984 Ph.D. 1987

Zoology Department, University of Aberystwyth, Wales.

Ph.D. Thesis: Analysis of the control of skeletal pattern formation and morphology by the Zone of Polarising Activity in chick limb bud morphogenesis.

1984 – 1985 PGCE 1985

Garnett College, Roehampton, London.

Dissertation: The Educational Value of Martial Arts Training.

Anatomy, Embryology, Evolutionary Biology

J. R. Hinchliffe & P. J. Griffiths. The prechondrogenic patterns in tetrapod limb development and their phylogenetic significance. Development and Evolution. B.S.D.B. Symposium 6. eds: B.C. Goodwin, N. Holder & C.C. Wylie. Cambridge University Press. (1983). J. R. Hinchliffe & P. J. Griffiths. Experimental Analysis of the Control of Cell Death in Chick Limb Bud Development. Cell Ageing & Cell Death. S.E.B. Symposium. Cambridge University Press. (1984). J. R. Hinchliffe, P. J. Griffiths & A. Sansom. Control of Leg Bud Development by the Zone of Polarizing Activity (ZPA). Journ. of Emb. & Exp. Morph. Suppl. (1984). J. R. Hinchliffe & P. J. Griffiths. Vital Staining for Cell Death in Chick Limb Buds: A Histochemical Technique in the Analysis of Control of Limb Development. Acta histochemica, Suppl. - Band XXXII. (1986). Griffiths, P. J. The Digits and Claws of Archaeopteryx lithographica. Lithograpahic Limestones. Geobios MS 16. Édition de L’Université Claude-Bernard. Lyon France. (1993).