Wonderwerk Cave, situated at the base of a low foothill on the eastern flank of the Kuruman Hills in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, is one of the most impressive archaeological sites in the world. The cave is an enormous dolomitic cavity (ca. 140 m long, 3–7 m high, 11–26 m wide) that has yielded paleontological and archaeological deposits spanning the last ca. 2.0 million years. The lengthy stratigraphic sequence in the cave provides suitable contexts for dating, while good preservation of faunal and botanical remains offers excellent proxies for paleoenvironmental studies. This makes Wonderwerk an archaeological and paleontological locality of global significance for the study of human evolution. Of particular importance is evidence for fire associated with human occupation, dating to about 1 million years ago.

The Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) at UNBC hosts a weekly lecture series at the Prince George campus. Anyone from the university or wider community with interest in the topic area is welcome to attend. Presentations are also made available to remote participants through Livestream or Blackboard Elluminate. More information will be posted about the presentation as it becomes available.

Past NRESi colloquia and special lectures can be viewed on our video archive, available here.