The Piltdown Man Hoax: Case Closed
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Piltdown. Even today the name sends a shiver down the collective spine of the scientific community, for this was the most dramatic and daring fraud ever perpetrated upon the world of science and academia. Between 1908 and 1912, a series of amazing discoveries relating to what appeared to be the earliest human were made close to the little village of Piltdown in Sussex. These remains belonged to the developmental ‘missing link’ between man and ape. The basic principles of evolution, first propounded by Charles Darwin some fifty years before, now appeared as indisputable fact. The Manchester Guardian ran the first headline: ‘THE EARLIEST MAN?: REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN SUSSEX. A SKULL MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD’ it screamed, adding that the discovery was ‘one of the most important of our time’. The news spread quickly around the world, with many voicing their eagerness to examine the find. Few archaeological discoveries have the capacity to be front-page news twice over, but ‘Piltdown Man’ is a rare exception. Forty-one years after he first became famous, the ‘Earliest Englishman’ was again hot news. It was late November 1953, and the world was about to discover that Piltdown Man had been a hoax. Not just any hoax mind, the London Star declared it to be ‘THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC HOAX OF THE CENTURY’.
Related to The Piltdown Man Hoax
Related ebooks
Piltdown Man Hoax: Case Closed Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Revealing King Arthur: Swords, Stones and Digging for Camelot Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devonshire House Circle (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLondon's 100 Strangest Places: London's 100 Strangest Places Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pocketbook of Aussie History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBloody British History: Brighton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaunted Aberdeen & District Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScotland's Bloody History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brilliant Isles: Art That Made Us Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Short History of England Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Little Book of the Black Country Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEnglish History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cheshire: Traditions and History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArt Was Their Weapon: The History of the Perth Workers' Art Guild Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Flying Inn Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Out of the Aeons (Fantasy and Horror Classics): With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMyths & Legends of the Celtic Race Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Terrible Truths: The Letitia Munro Series, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLives of Illustrious Shoemakers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses: Edited, with an Introduction, by Helen Zimmern Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Australians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJames Otis the Pre-Revolutionary by John Clark Ridpath and Related Documents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeartbreak House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Little Book of Oxfordshire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Celtic Mythology Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
True Crime For You
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5My Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behind Closed Doors: Four children by her father. Thirty years of horrific sexual abuse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under the Bridge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deliver Us from Evil: A New York City Cop Investigates the Supernatural Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Bizarre: Frightening Facts and Blood-Curdling True Tales Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fallen Idols: A Century of Screen Sex Scandals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hollywood's Dark History: Silver Screen Scandals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man with Candy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Enigma of Ted Bundy: The Questions and Controversies Surrounding America's Most Infamous Serial Killer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Journey Into Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Women Kill Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Piltdown Man Hoax
0 ratings0 reviews