Karen Loise van Niekerk

Principal Investigator, SapienCE - Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen

The drawing found on silcrete stone in Blombos Cave. Craig Foster

September 12, 2018

South Africa’s Blombos cave is home to the earliest drawing by a human

Christopher Henshilwood, University of Bergen and Karen Loise van Niekerk, University of Bergen

A new discovery adds to our existing understanding of Homo sapiens in Africa.

A panoramic view of the interior of the Blombos Cave, which holds fascinating insights into human evolution. Supplied

January 28, 2016

What excavated beads tell us about the when and where of human evolution

Christopher Henshilwood, University of the Witwatersrand and Karen Loise van Niekerk, University of Bergen

The discovery of the world’s oldest jewellery at the Blombos Cave in South Africa has resulted in a paradigm shift in our understanding of human evolution.

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