Unraveling Piltdown : Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution

Walsh, John Evangelist

ISBN 10: 0679444440 / ISBN 13: 9780679444442

Published by Random House Publishing Group, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unraveling Piltdown : Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679444440
• ISBN 13: 9780679444442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.215 pounds

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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.