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SapienCE scientists are experimenting with heat and fire in SA
Experimenting with heat and fire (24.02.2020)
The archaeologists who found the world's oldest man-made drawing are back in the South African fields in search of new discoveries. Follow their day-to-day blog and see what happens when they experiment with heat and fire to get a better understanding of how humans lived 100 000 years ago.
Rhizomes plant
Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are (08.01.2020)
New research proves that our ancestors cooked starchy rhizome 170 000 years ago. The study also implies that the food was shared as a social act around the fire.
Utsiktsbilde Blombos Cave
Inside Henshilwood’s Cave (30.12.2019)
The archaeologists who found the World's oldest man-made drawing are back in Blombos Cave in search of new discoveries. Professor Henshilwood welcomes us to the cave to show us his team at work as they dig for clues that can tell us how early humans lived.
Mother Afica welcome home Exhibition from Blombos
Recreating the lives of our ancestors (11.11.2019)
New digital technology makes it possible to recreate the lives led by our ancestors 100,000 years ago.
EU-ambassador Thierry Béchet said when he was visiting the SapienCE Centre
EU Ambassador visits the SapienCE team (10.12.2018)
“You really could go on and on about this! It is very interesting to learn a bit about you work here”, EU Ambassador Thierry Béchet said when he was visiting the SapienCE Centre.
Sarah Wurz lithics analyst Sapience
The stone reader (22.11.2018)
" Archeology is a fascinating way to learn about human evolution because it opens up to all disciplines and allows us to look at human behavior from a holistic perspective".
The origin of sewing technology. Palaeolithic eyed needles from France (left and centre) and China (right)
UiB researcher sheds new light on the origin of sewing technologies (11.11.2018)
The earliest known bone awls, suitable to produce skin clothing, are 73 000 years old and come from Blombos Cave, a site investigated by the researchers of the UiB Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour. However, little is known about the origin of the sewing techniques necessary to produce tailored clothing. A new study, lead by Francesco d’Errico, professor II at the University of Bergen and... Read more
Blombos Exterior
UiB archaeologists find the world’s oldest drawing (07.09.2018)
Archeologist from UiB discovered the earliest known drawing in a cave in South Africa. The abstract drawing displays a red cross-hatched line pattern, created with an ochre crayon 73 000 years ago.
Early human behaviour in Kenya
Shines new light on human evolution (20.03.2018)
Groundbreaking research puts human evolution in a new perspective as significant archaeological findings reveals sign of modern human behavior 300 000 years ago.
Åpningsseremoni
– A proud day (30.10.2017)
UiB's new Centre of Excellence is officially open.
Blombos
Goldsmith turned archaeologist (08.06.2017)
UiB researcher Karen van Niekerk's road to (a Centre of) excellence.

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