Before Jurassic Park, there was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World. The famed 1912 Boys' Own adventure about an expedition to a legendary plateau in the Amazon jungle, where time stood still and dinosaurs still roam. A pioneering work that paved the way for every piece of dinosaur fiction that followed. But since Doyle’s day, the field of palaeontology has progressed in leaps and bounds. In Finding the Lost World, we investigate the science behind this amazing book and its numerous film and literary adaptations. Exploring such topics as: The plausibility of a lost land - The latest scientific research on dinosaurs - Cryptozoology and the legends of Mokele-mbembe - Amerindian culture - Ape-men and human evolution - The extinction of the dinosaurs - And so much more! From the original novel to the worldwide sensation that was the 1925 film and the spectacle of BBC’s 2001 adaptation. To the numerous comics and children's adaptations. Fully illustrated, this compelling read reviews them all! offering readers the vary latest science in a way that is both entertaining and easy to understand. Come with me as we find head out to find Aurthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.