“You Still Walk Amongst Judges, Prophet Darwin!”

“When I looked under the microscope for the first time I saw the absolute need for humility in the face of Nature. I do not know if there is a God but what I do know is that man is no substitute”. These were the words of Professor Challenger in Tony Mulholland’s and Adrian Hodges’s screen adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, as he prepared for an adventure that would take him into the deepest parts of the Brazilian Amazon in search of prehistoric life (Ref 1). Conan Doyle’s The Lost World proved to be a resounding bestseller in its first year.  Re-released on the centennial anniversary of The Origin Of Species, this action packed adventure clearly caught … Continue reading “You Still Walk Amongst Judges, Prophet Darwin!”