Conan Doyle created a new character of modern scientist.
Professor Challenger, as a real scientist, formulates his own hypothesis. It is about the lost world and its inhabitants. South America is a granite continent with former and actual volcanic activities. That’s why in some places these circumstances suspended the ordinary laws of Nature. The observed dinosaurs, pterodactyl and stegosaurus, have conserved due to those accidental conditions.
Challenger continues to practice the experimental method of famous F. Bacon. The hypothesis is following the Darwin’s theory partly. The scene between Professor Challenger and the ape-male has an ironical shade.The Lost World of Conan Doyle united in one range of time and space different epochs.
There were gigantic dinosaurs of Mesozoic era. Their period was of hundreds a million years ago.
Also, there were Fororakos, Toxodons of Cenozoic era. Further, anthropoid apes for which a modern science gives 25 millions years.
The disparities in time and space of C. Doyle had an acute reaction from the part of specialists. For example, in 1915 the famous Russian scientist V. Obrutchev wrote the novel "Plutonia". He wanted counterbalance Conan Doyle and Jules Verne. However, the author overcharged his novel with scientific objectivity and it had no artistic success.
Conan Doyle was knowing about the Law of Irreversible Evolution. Belgian scientist Louis Dollo formulated it. On the contrary, he created an original artistic and scientific fantastic world. There had been some facts which influenced on the artist’s intention. Firstly, it was the book of Professor R.Lankester "Extinct animals".
Conan Doyle shared interest in every possible way to paleontology. In his billiards’ room he kept two moulds from the footprints of Iguanodon. He found it in the limes of Crowborough.
There was his dinner’s speech in the Queen Scientific Society. One was honouring Robert Peery, head of the expedition to the Northern Pole. Conan Doyle said aboutdiminution of unknown places on the Earth. He wanted to discover unknown territory for outstanding literary adventures. He did it in his mind for that moment. Moreover, no doubt, the Dinosaur of R. Owen strengthened his intention about The Lost World.
Creatures which were supposed to be Jurassic, monsters who would hunt down and devour our largest and fiercest mammals, still exist."