Title
Small samples drilled from the broken edges of the skull remains of The Piltdown Man
Caption
Small samples drilled from the broken edges of the skull remains of The Piltdown Man. The Piltdown Man was a paleoanthropological fraud in which bone fragments were presented as the fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human. Although there were doubts about its authenticity virtually from the beginning, the remains were still broadly accepted for many years, and the falsity of the hoax was only definitively demonstrated in 1953. An extensive scientific review in 2016 established that amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson was responsible for the fraudulent evidence
Date
1953
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP24A01_301
Model release
No
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
10,8Mb (779,9Kb) / 8,6in x 4,9in / 2568 x 1469 (300dpi)
Keywords
Piltdown Man paleoanthropological fraud bone fragments fossilised remains human authenticity hoax scientific review amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson fraudulent evidence 20th century Samples broken edges skull remains
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Editorial use only.