'From Dawn to Domesday'traces the development of the human race from its bacterial origins in a progression to the topmost shoot on the Tree of Life, leading into a debate on the moral and spiritual crises facing the modern world. Written in a poetic form used by Byron and Spenser,its aim is not only to celebrate the work of the great evolutionists, but also to highlight the contradictions in the views expressed by some modern scientists on human consciousness and religion.