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SapienCE scientist Elizabeth Velliky and her team have uncovered that the world's oldest ochre mine, Ngwenya in eSwatini, wasn't the only source of ochre pigment as we once thought. Instead, people used a variety of local ochres, showcasing unique cultural traditions and social interactions in Stone Age communities in Eswatini.

The Blombos Museum of Archaeology has launched the much-anticipated exhibition Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour marking a significant milestone in understanding early human prehistory.

On October 10 and 11, 2024, Dr. Jonathan Freitas (UFMG/Brazil) conducted an introductory CNA course at the Clinical Hospital of the School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo (HC/FMUSP). The course brought together approximately 30 members of HC’s Digital Health team. The event received exceptional feedback, sparking follow-up research initiatives centered on the CNA method.

Jordan Becker, Paul Poast, and Tim Haesebrouck combined CNA with Regression Analysis in a mixed method approach to investigate why countries with disparate geography and perceptions of the international security environment agreed on NATO’s Wales Pledge on Defense Investment.

The climate found its way to Kulturhuset in Bergen.

Several researchers from the LINGCLIM group participated at the XXIIe Congrès des Romanistes Scandinaves in Finland.

Åslaug Ommundsen from the University of Bergen, along with three Nordic research partners, has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant to investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.   

Ernesto Semán at the University of Bergen has been awarded 12 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway for the project DARKLAX. Through an interdisiplinary approach DARKLAX will tell the history of salmon farming in Chile and the role Norway has played.