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Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE)

  • He reshaped our understanding of what it means to be human | UiB

    He reshaped our understanding of what it means to be human | UiB

  • Image of the Wits/Sapience team

    Wits/SapienCE wins top cultural award

  • Elizabeth Velliky post doc at SapienCE excavating in Blombos Cave

    Shaping the Past: Ochre as a Tool in Early Human Innovation

  • Professor Francesco d’Errico sapience researcher in the filed smiling to camera with rock mountain in the back.

    Learning to Learn: How cultural transmission shaped the human mind

  • Image of Asia Alsgaard holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, specializing in identifying animal skeletal remains, or zooarchaeology sat in Blombos Cave South Africa, doing fieldwork looking at the photographer.

    Sparking a Passion: Asia Alsgaard's Archaeological Journey

  • Image of that the world's oldest ochre mine, Ngwenya in eSwatini

    Ochre's Role in Early Human Societies

  • Image of Linda Fletcher on the left and Dt Wilhelm de Beer on the right. Christopher Henshilwood is in the middle.

    Mother Africa – Welcome Home

  • Margit Simon leading climate researcher at Sapience

    Margit Simon Receives Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

  • Image of UVDAL STAVE CHURCH (1170 A.D.)

    Ancient proteins reveal secrets of Uvdal Stave Church

  • Group of people gathres looking like ancient people

    A Call for New Perspectives on Cognitive Evolution

  • Image from the de hoop exhibition showing insights into the lifestyles and behaviours of early humans.

    We are all one

  • Image of SapienCE researcher Karen van Nierkerk excavating in Blombos Cave

    New study shows signs of early creation of modern human identities

  • Image showing Francesco d'Errico with student Jasmin Culey looking at ochre

    Ranked as number 1

  • Bilde fra utstillingen The Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour exhibition i Cape Town

    The lives of our early ancestors on display at Cape Point

  • TEAM SapienCE at the museumopening

    Showcasing Fascinating Discoveries about Early Modern Human Behaviour

  • Discovery of 80 000 year old bone tools from SA. Pictures showing experimental methods to find out how the tools were used.

    UiB scientists discover 80 000-year-old bone tools

  • Ancient DNA Analysis from blocks of sediment covered in raisin

    Cutting-edge technology unlocks the gateway to ancient human DNA

  • Beth Velliky researching orcher for her ROSA project

    How iron-rich rocks shaped us into modern humans

  • Finding of earliest African burial 78000 year

    SapienCE-researchers identify the earliest human burial in Africa

  • first humans illustration photo

    Origins of Early Sapiens Behaviour

  • Cultural roots - scientists at work in the SapienCE project

    The Cultural Roots Of Human Cognition

  • SapienCE

    Working through the pandemic

  • SapienCE scientists are experimenting with heat and fire in SA

    Experimenting with heat and fire

  • Rhizomes plant

    Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are