ORIGINS CENTER: Museum on the University of Witwatersrand's central Johannesburg campus; http://www.origins.org.za. Don't miss the Origins gift shop, for pottery, jewelry, antique walking sticks, and pop art recycled from bottle caps and detergent containers. It also stocks books, from illustrated folk tales for children to philosophical dissertations on mankind's origins. MAROPENG: Exhibits (with a popular restaurant on the top floor) and Sterkfontein caves where fossils have been found; http://www.maropeng.co.za. Located about an hour's drive from Johannesburg, over well-maintained roads. Rent a car and drive yourself, or spend a little more and hire a car with driver if you are nervous about South Africa's reputation for high levels of violent crime. __
