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 (955,2Kb) / 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.