Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man.
In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.
In the late summer of 1859, Charles Darwin finally completed the last paragraph of his greatest work on The Origin Of Species. But he wasn't drawing his inspiration from the exotic islands...