Shortly before his death he finished a monograph on the Australopithecines and remarked to his nephew : `` Now that 's finished ... and so am I. '' Broom was a nonconformist and was deeply interested in the paranormal and spiritualism , he was a critic of Darwinism and materialism .
Shortly before his death he finished a monograph on the Australopithecines and remarked to his nephew : `` Now that 's finished ... and so am I '' .