"I never wanted it to happen. I didn't ask to become the most hunted man in history. The papers call me a monster. The TV news claim I am a traitor to every human being on Earth. My friends don't answer my calls. My parents won't reply to my emails. That's why I'm leaving. I'm getting the hell out of here." Cradle Earth explores our relationship to previous forms of human such as Neanderthals. The story imagines what would happen if Neanderthals began to live on Earth again. What would they say to us? How would society react?