Unravelling Piltdown - The Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution

Author(s): John Evangelist Walsh

Archaeology, Prehistory, Evolution. Paleontotogy, Anthropology

In 1913 amateur fossil hunter and archaeologist Charles Dawson found in a gravel pit the cranium and jaw of an entirely new species of humanoid, which became known as Piltdown man, which caused headlines worldwide as the missing link between man and ape. In 1952, it was exposed as a hoax. With eight pages of photos, this book is a wonderful detective story, and the first examination the convincingly fingers the perpetrator.

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  • : 9780679444442
  • : Random House, Incorporated
  • : Random House, Incorporated
  • : 0.549754
  • : 01 August 1997
  • : {"length"=>["24"], "width"=>["17"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
  • : books

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  • : John Evangelist Walsh
  • : SOFTCOVER
  • : 573.3
  • : 304