num_pages: 279
description: 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.
language: English
title: Unraveling Piltdown:: The Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution
titlecomplete: Unraveling Piltdown:: The Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution
genres: Nonfiction, Science, History, Archaeology
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Random House