Piltdown Man

In 1912, fragments of a fossilized jawbone and skull discovered by amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson in Piltdown, England, were presented to the Geological Society in London. For over 40 years, the so-called "Piltdown man" was studied and believed to be the missing evolutionary link between apes and humans. However, in 1953, scientists revealed that the Piltdown man was a fraud.¹

Fast Facts

1. Piltdown man was named Eoanthropus dawsoni¹
2. The Piltdown bones were intentionally altered to make them look older²
3. Piltdown man's jawbone was found to be that of an orangutan
4. Evolution disbelievers have used Piltdown man as alleged evidence that all evolutionist theories are false^{3 4}
5. Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was accused of perpetrating the Piltdown hoax⁵

Quote

"Piltdown Man was a really big deal in 1912, because it was a time when very little was known of human fossil remains. It was perceived to be the missing link, the fossil that connected humans with apes."—Historian Richard Milner⁵

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