Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
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School of Geography
Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand;Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen;Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen
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Homo sapiens was anatomically modern by c. 200,000 years ago in Africa, but there is no archaeological evidence to demonstrate that behaviour was modern at the time. Attributes of modern behaviour, inspired by changes in the human brain, are only recognisable after 100,000 years ago. Before we can study the process, we must critically define the criteria for the term 'modern behaviour' and then find a means to recognise such behaviour in the record. This seemingly simple research statement involves complex exploration by a team of specialists. In this highly competitive research field, our centre is rising rise to the challenge by combining the skills of cutting-edge scientists in archaeology, climate reconstruction and modelling, and the cognitive and social sciences. Currently we are synthesising approaches from different disciplines to contribute to a sophisticated understanding of early human behaviour. Our highly ambitious research programme focuses on rare, well-preserved archaeological sites occupied between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, as these contain the 'keys' for unlocking the past. A major competitive edge is the SapienCE Director’s 30 years of archaeological experience and his long-term exclusive access, with permits, to a number of the best-preserved sites in the southern Cape, South Africa - a region regarded as a major locus for vital evidence that could inform on the behaviour of early humans. Our planned excavations at existing and new sites and our ground-breaking interdisciplinary approaches, including climate and cognitive research, to understanding the processes that shaped human cultures is consolidating Norway’s position as a world leader in early human origins research.
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Zahra Haghighi,Meaghan Mackie, Anne Apalnes Ornhoi,Abigail Ramsoe,Tone Marie Olstad,Simon James Armitage,Christopher Stuart Henshilwood,Enrico Cappellini
SCIENTIFIC REPORTSno. 1 (2024)
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports (2024): 104667
Journal of Human Evolution/Journal of human evolution (2023): 103438-103438
Quaternary science reviews (2023): 108380-108380
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE (2023)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2022)
Derek B. Booth,Nicholas Lancaster,Lewis A. Owen,Neal Woodman,Salima Ikram, Richard Hereford, Lee Amoroso, Valeska Decker,Michaela Falkenroth,Susanne Lindauer,Jessica Landgraf, Zahra Al-Lawati, Huda Al-Rahbi, Sven-Oliver Franz,Gösta Hoffmann, Rached Lakhdar,Mohamed Soussi,Rachida Talbi,Shubhra Sharma,Gaurav Chauhan,A. D. Shukla,Romi Nambiar,Ravi Bhushan,Bhawanisingh G. Desai, Santosh Pandey, Madhavi Dabhi,Subhash Bhandari, Suraj Bhosale, Abhishek Lakhote,Navin Juyal,Xiaonan Zhang,Aifeng Zhou, Zhendong Huang, Chengbang An,Yongtao Zhao, Liying Yin,James M. Russell, Elina Ahokangas, Georgiana Maries, Joni Mäkinen, Antti Pasanen,Alireza Malehmir, Elina Suvi, Matti Heinonen,Bety Al-Saqarat,Mahmoud Abbas,Zhongping Lai,Shengkai Gong, Mustafa Alkuisi, Abdalla M.B. Abu Hamad,Paul A. Carling,John D. Jansen, Magnus Haaland,Christopher J. Miller, Ole F. Unhammer, Jerome P. Reynard, Karen L. van Niekerk, Bertrand Ligouis,Susan M. Mentzer,Christopher S. Henshilwood, Chris Widga, Greg Hodgins, Kayla Kolis,Stacey Lengyel, Jeff Saunders, J Douglas, Alan D. Wanamaker, Carmen Nacarino-Meneses,Anusuya Chinsamy,Serdar Mayda,Tanju Kaya, Uğur Cengiz Erişmiş
Quaternary research (2021): b1-b2
Social Science Research Network (2021)
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