ORIGINS

When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, mass migration and decisive wars. But how has the Earth itself determin ed our destiny? How has our planet made us?As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in E ast Africa/ mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece/ and today voting behaviour in the United States follo ws the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the story of these forces, from plate tectonics and climate change, to atmospheric circulati...[Read more]