He then formed the IARE, inviting notably Johanson, an American anthropologist and founding director of the Institute of Human Origins of Arizona State University; Jon Kalb, an American geologist; and Yves Coppens, a French-born paleontologist now based at the Collège de France, to co-direct the research.
He founded the IARE, bringing together renowned experts like Johanson, an anthropologist from Arizona State University, Jon Kalb, a geologist, and Yves Coppens, a paleontologist from the Collège de France, to collaborate on the research.