Piltdown Forgery by Weiner (41 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. On 21 November 1953, one of the most fascinating puzzles in science was finally solved. Three scientists--Joseph Weiner, Kenneth Oakley, and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark--described their investigations into the important fossilized human remains found at Piltdown in Sussex in the early 1900s. Their conclusion was stunning: the remains, and the accompanying materials that supposedly verified them as ancient fossils, had all been faked.The discovery of Piltdown Man had been announced to the world in 1912 by an amateur fossil hunter, Charles Dawson, and the Keeper of Geology at the Natural History Museum in London, Arthur Smith Woodward, who had found fragments of a thickset skull and an ape-like lower jaw, along with other bones and stone tools. These fragments pointed to a species of early human who had lived in England a million years ago-a 'missing link' between apes and modern man. But, as Weiner and his colleagues were to reveal in 1953, the skull was a recent one, and the jaw had belonged to an orang-utan. These and many other 'finds' from Piltdown had been deliberately stained and tampered with to make them appear ancient, and the scientific establishment had been well and truly fooled.Widely praised from its first publication in 1955, The Piltdown Forgery remains the classic account of this story and its many players. In this fiftieth anniversary edition, Professor Chris Stringer, Head of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum in London, provides an introduction to this famous story, and an afterword containing the latest detective-work. Ever-increasing technological powers may one day reveal who did what, and why, but until then this remains an engrossing tale of mixed motives, captivating trickery, and competing egos: a tale fit to rival the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (himself a player in this saga) at his best.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. On 21 November 1953, one of the most fascinating puzzles in science was finally solved. Three scientists--Joseph Weiner, Kenneth Oakley, and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark--described their investigations into the important fossilized human remains found at Piltdown in Sussex in the early 1900s. Their conclusion was stunning: the remains, and the accompanying materials that supposedly verified them as ancient fossils, had all been faked.The discovery of Piltdown Man had been announced to the world in 1912 by an amateur fossil hunter, Charles Dawson, and the Keeper of Geology at the Natural History Museum in London, Arthur Smith Woodward, who had found fragments of a thickset skull and an ape-like lower jaw, along with other bones and stone tools. These fragments pointed to a species of early human who had lived in England a million years ago-a 'missing link' between apes and modern man. But, as Weiner and his colleagues were to reveal in 1953, the skull was a recent one, and the jaw had belonged to an orang-utan. These and many other 'finds' from Piltdown had been deliberately stained and tampered with to make them appear ancient, and the scientific establishment had been well and truly fooled.Widely praised from its first publication in 1955, The Piltdown Forgery remains the classic account of this story and its many players. In this fiftieth anniversary edition, Professor Chris Stringer, Head of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum in London, provides an introduction to this famous story, and an afterword containing the latest detective-work. Ever-increasing technological powers may one day reveal who did what, and why, but until then this remains an engrossing tale of mixed motives, captivating trickery, and competing egos: a tale fit to rival the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (himself a player in this saga) at his best.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dover Publications 1981 8vo. 214 pages. clean, tight copy.

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PAPERBACK. Condition: Very Good. 0486240754 Cover shows light creases mostly at edges. Pages like new. Retail 4.00.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Dover Edition. Ex-library. 214 pages. From the back cover: ".In 1953 a team of British Museum and Oxford University investigators stunned the scientific world. Eoathropus dawsoni, Charles Dawson's famous manape, was just that--a modern human cranium and the jaw of an orangutan, chemically created and chiseled in the crudest manner. The Piltdown Forgery (1955) is the first and indispensable statement of the case, the classic analysis of the greatest scientific fraud of the century.". Historical Fraud--Evolution.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. xii. + 214pp. + catalogue. Occasional photographs. Unabridged reprint of the 1955 Oxford University Press edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., 1980. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Near Fine in Good dust jacket with chip to front panel corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. The Piltdown Forgery, Weiner, J. S., 1955, Oxford University Press, 214p, hc w/dj, dj bumped/scuffed/small tears, boards bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding, bookplate front fly---6.50.

1955. Physical Anthropology. Oxford University Press. 214p., good ex-library rebound in brown cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii, 214 pp; 9 figs.; errata slip. Original cloth. Very Good. This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

1955. Physical Anthropology. Oxford University Press. 214p., good dark red boards. No dust jacket slight wear at head of spine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Jacket. This book does include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. 1955. No Edition Stated. 214 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Moderate loss to jacket edges and corners. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name inside. Related ephemera glued to verso.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 214 pp. Original red paper covered boards w/ gilt title on spine. Spine lightly sunned. Spine ends bumped. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Price clipped. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice. …

Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth. xii, 214pp. Errate slip. Illustrations. Very good. First edition, a mild ex-library copy, with small markings on front pastedown, front flyleaf, rear pastedown and rear flyleaf.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Dover Ed. Fine in blue illustrative wraps with white lettering. Republication of 1955 account of the fake discovery of Darwin's man-ape in which the jaw of an orangutan was attached to a modern human cranium . Mystery.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Moderate foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.