Article ID: CBB000061747

Misinterpreting Piltdown (1991)

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Description Argues that the forgery was “a crude and very ordinary hoax implying no direct contribution from the professional community.”


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Authors & Contributors
Tobias, Phillip V.
Spencer, Frank
Gould, Stephen Jay
Amy Way
Wheelhouse, Frances
Van Esbroeck, G.
Concepts
Human paleontology
Human evolution
Paleoanthropology
Museums
Fossils
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Catalonia (Spain)
Spain
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
China
British Isles
Australia
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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