Enter Text

EMERGING EARTH INSTITUTE

dThe Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 60 kilometres north of Johannesburg in the heart of Southern Africa. It is one of three areas on the continent where our hominin forefathers first settled the earth. Over the next two and a half million years it served as an evolutionary laboratory for homo sapiens. With humanity facing an existential crisis, our proposal is to construct another laboratory here, an African institute of interdisciplinary thought and action, to confront the very real and present threats to the species of planet earthThe Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 60 kilometres north of Johannesburg in the heart of Southern Africa. It is one of three areas on the continent where our hominin forefathers first settled the earth. Over the next two and a half million years it served as an evolutionary laboratory for homo sapiens. With humanity facing an existential crisis, our proposal is to construct another laboratory here, an African institute of interdisciplinary thought and action, to confront the very real and present threats to the species of planet earth

The Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 60 kilometres north of Johannesburg in the heart of Southern Africa. It is one of three areas on the continent where our hominin forefathers first settled the earth. Over the next two and a half million years it served as an evolutionary laboratory for homo sapiens. With humanity facing an existential crisis, our mission is to construct another laboratory here, an African institute of interdisciplinary thought and action, to confront the very real and present threats to the species of planet earth. More to come.