A. V. Newton retired as a senior lecturer and emeritus consultant in the Faculty of Medicine in Liverpool, where he was mainly involved in teaching dental students. His research interests in pain were greatly assisted by membership of the local neuroscience group, ‘The Brain Cell’. This inspired a lifetime interest in neuroscience, the fruits of which have been applied to the interesting and important puzzle of human origins. He is a past chairman of the University Art Group and long-term committee member. He is married, with three children.
Humanity has long sought to answer the big questions, like who are we and where are we going? It is possible that some of these questions are actually too big to be tackled by the rational mind. Religions claim to have the answer, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe in them. If you ...
