Unraveling Piltdown:: The Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution

Walsh, Evangelist John"

ISBN 10: 0679444440 / ISBN 13: 9780679444442

Published by Random House, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unraveling Piltdown:: The Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679444440
• ISBN 13: 9780679444442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

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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eur 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.