South African National Parks (SANParks), along with a team of archaeologists will be hosting the “Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour” exhibition at the Cape of Good Hope Buffelsfontein Visitor Centre in Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) in April 2023.
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The exhibition serves as a platform for the discovery of early modern human origins and innovations in Southern Africa.
“The aim of this exhibition is to create an understanding of our common ancestry with the ‘We are all One’ concept that strongly points to the evidence that all Homo sapiens, people like us, have their origins in Africa. Past ancient lifeways are richly portrayed to inform and educate visitors of all ages about their own past and to encourage a sense of pride in us with the knowledge that we all originally evolved in Africa,” says Archeologist Petro Keene.
The exhibition “Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour” will be curated by award-winning documentary filmmaker Craig Foster and archaeologist Petro Keene and showcase the culmination of 30 years of archaeological research in the southern Cape undertaken by Professor Christopher Henshilwood, Dr Karen van Niekerk, Professor Sarah Wurz and their research teams at the respective archaeological sites.
The exhibition will comprise 19 unique display panels, including six videos and bespoke Sea Change Project content that allows visitors a unique multi-sensory experience.
“The daily life of early Homo sapiens has been recreated on film, and the artefacts and objects created and used by these early inhabitants of our coastline have been meticulously replicated for display to capture the way of life of humans between 120 000 and 50 000 years ago. The videos highlight the remarkable scientific work of the SapienCE and Wits archaeologists and aim to connect people to the environment, and through that, generate a better understanding of themselves.”
For all queries related to the “Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour” exhibition, please contact SANParks on +27 21 712 7471.
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