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Image of SapienCE researcher Karen van Nierkerk excavating in Blombos Cave
New study shows signs of early creation of modern human identities (29.09.2023)
Our early ancestors were collecting eye-catching shells that may have been used as personal ornaments 100 000 years ago. The discoveries possibly also show the creation of identity that gradually, but radically changed the way we look at ourselves and others.
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The Ungspråk project with new insights about the link between multilingualism and intercultural competence (29.09.2023)
We are delighted to inform you that Irina Tiurikova publicly defended her Ph.D. thesis on September 22, 2023.
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Organise an event at Day Zero 2024 (28.09.2023)
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 7 February 2024.
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Style, Method and Philosophy in Wittgenstein (25.09.2023)
Alois Pichler has published an Element - “Style, Method and Philosophy in Wittgenstein”, in the Cambridge Wittgenstein Elements series.
Helge Drange
How is the temperature increase for global warming calculated? (22.09.2023)
Climate scientist and LINGCLIM member Professor Helge Drange explains in an article for Energi og klima how we can calculate the increase in temperature due to global warming.
Participants: Emil Perron, Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Jørgen Pedersen and Eirik Fevang.
Panel discussion: DEGROWTH (22.09.2023)
On Wednesday 30 August 2023, Salongen - journal for philosophy and the history of ideas invited to a panel discussion with professors Mariel Aguilar-Støen (UiO) and Jørgen Pedersen (HVL) about "degrowth" at Litteraturhuset in Bergen. Research assistant for CLIMLIFE, Emil Perron, led the conversation together with Eirik Fevang on behalf of Salongen.
Top left: location of the site; top right: view of Porc-Epic Cave (photo: A. Herrero); bottom: ochre pieces found in the archaeological layers and analysed in the study
Tracing Early Human Cultural Evolution (11.09.2023)
SapienCE’s Francesco d’Errico and his international team have published their analysis of the largest known collection of Middle Stone Age ochre, which reveals how ochre use evolved over a period of 4500 years. The new study is essential to understand how complex cultures arose and diversified in human history.