Xaverio Ballester (full name in Spanish transcription: Francisco Javier Ballester Gómez) is a Spanish linguist, professor at University of Valencia[1] and one of main proponents of Paleolithic continuity theory (aka Paleolithic continuity paradigm).
[2] He obtained Ph.D. in Classical Philology at University of Barcelona in 1987.
Teaching positions include: Professor titular of Latin Philology in the University of Zaragoza (1989);[3] Professor of Latin Philology in the University of Valencia (1997); Professor of Latin Philology in the University of La Laguna (1997, resign).
Ballester is also co-editor of the journal Liburna.