For decades the remains of fossils found in Piltdown, England were believed to come from a "missing link," a creature with a human cranium and an ape's jaw. Dr. Weiner shows how he discovered the truth about these remains, and went on to expose one of the world's greatest scientific frauds.
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`Review from previous edition Who committed the forgery, and why? And how came it that the fraudulent nature of the finds was not discovered when they were first examined by experts? The large section of the book that deals with these questions is as exciting as any detective novel, and much more interesting for it deals with historical facts, not fiction . . . it beats Sherlock Holmes at his best.' Times Literary Supplement
`Dr Weiner has made a first-class detective yarn. He puts the scientific findings in readable and understandable language and then, having established the fake, he considers the individuals involved.' Birmingham Post
`This book has three things that will endear it to the public--it is about one of the so-called "missing links"; it is closely concerned with that subject which the public has recently taken so much to its heart, namely archaeology; and--it is a mystery, a first-class mystery.' Daily Mail
`an excellent historical record' Peter Budden
`Dr Weiner has made a first-class detective yarn. He puts the scientific findings in readable and understandable language and then, having established the fake, he considers the individuals involved.' Birmingham Post
`This book has three things that will endear it to the public--it is about one of the so-called "missing links"; it is closely concerned with that subject which the public has recently taken so much to its heart, namely archaeology; and--it is a mystery, a first-class mystery.' Daily Mail
`an excellent historical record' Peter Budden
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Dr. Weiner was Reader in Physical Anthropology at Oxford University, and one of the scientists whose investigations resulted in the exposure of the Piltdown Man hoax. Prof. Chris Stringer is Head of Human Origins, Dept. of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum.
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On 18 December 1912 Arthur Smith Woodward and Charles Dawson announced to a great and expectant scientific audience the epoch-making discovery of a remote ancestral form of man-The Dawn of Piltdown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fluorine values, occipital fragment, cranial pieces, cranial fragments, isolated molar, chin region, bone implement, local fossil, hippopotamus teeth, fluorine content, fossil man, flint implements, canine tooth, fresh bone, molar tooth, flint tools, pulp cavity, eye wink Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Smith Woodward, British Museum, Barkham Manor, Geological Society, Barcombe Mills, Ice Age, Red Crag, Castle Lodge, Charles Dawson, Lewis Abbott, Teilhard de Chardin, Natural History, Sheffield Park, Harry Morris, Elliot Smith, Royal College of Surgeons, Professor Teilhard, Sir Arthur Keith, Hastings Naturalist, Royal Society, The Earliest Englishman, Reginald Smith, Royal Anthropological Institute, South Kensington, Sussex Archaeol New!
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On 18 December 1912 Arthur Smith Woodward and Charles Dawson announced to a great and expectant scientific audience the epoch-making discovery of a remote ancestral form of man-The Dawn of Piltdown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fluorine values, occipital fragment, cranial pieces, cranial fragments, isolated molar, chin region, bone implement, local fossil, hippopotamus teeth, fluorine content, fossil man, flint implements, canine tooth, fresh bone, molar tooth, flint tools, pulp cavity, eye wink Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Smith Woodward, British Museum, Barkham Manor, Geological Society, Barcombe Mills, Ice Age, Red Crag, Castle Lodge, Charles Dawson, Lewis Abbott, Teilhard de Chardin, Natural History, Sheffield Park, Harry Morris, Elliot Smith, Royal College of Surgeons, Professor Teilhard, Sir Arthur Keith, Hastings Naturalist, Royal Society, The Earliest Englishman, Reginald Smith, Royal Anthropological Institute, South Kensington, Sussex Archaeol New!
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