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WIN: R500 to spend at the Origins Shop
MARCH 5, 2012 -Have a go at solving our fun Origins-themed game of pairs on Facebook to uncover interesting facts about the information on display in the Origins museum, and you could stand a chance of winning a R500 voucher for the Origins Shop.
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What is religion? An archaeologist’s answer
MARCH 1, 2012 -Archaeologists often talk about ancient religions. But what is “religion?”
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Colonial Adventurer or Loyal Follower? Revisiting the life and scholarship of Dorothea Bleek
MARCH 1, 2012 -Dr Jill Weintroub has spent almost a decade focusing on the biography and scholarship of Dorothea Bleek, the daughter of Wilhelm Bleek and niece of Lucy Lloyd, the pioneers of research on the Bushman or San.
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Viking Pirates: The Creation of a Maritime Identity
FEBRUARY 21, 2012 -The Viking expansion that unfolded c.750-1050 AD created the modern nation states of Scandinavia and led to a far-flung diaspora of Nordic peoples that transformed the northern world.
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Creating A Climate For Change
FEBRUARY 15, 2012 -Open Society Journalism Fellow Jeffrey Barbee journeyed through Southern Africa to discover locally driven projects that are helping people adapt to Climate Change.
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Origins celebrates Darwin Day 2012
FEBRUARY 10, 2012 -February 12 is Darwin Day, first declared in commemoration of evolutionary biologist and naturalist Charles Darwin and his significant contributions to science. Today, Darwin Day is used to highlight the importance of scientific reasoning, and to promote the field in general.
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Defiant Kissinger defends actions in documentary to be screened at Origins Centre
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 -On Tuesday 21 February, Origins Centre will show the National Geographic Channel documentary, Kissinger.
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The courage of ||kabbo: Landscape to Literature to open at Origins Centre
JANUARY 30, 2012 -It is just over a century since Lucy Lloyd, on behalf of herself and Wilhelm Bleek, published the book Specimens of Bushman Folklore, the realisation of a lifetime’s work in the study of |xam and !kun, two Bushman languages of southern Africa.
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