Piltdown
Subtitle: a scientific forgery
By: Frank Spencer.
Series: Natural History Museum publications
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Piltdown forgery
Description: The Piltdown Man hoax began in 1912, when Charles Dawson claimed to have discovered fossils belonging to a "missing link" between man and ape. For decades it was the subject of heated debate among paleontologists. It wasn't until the early 1950s that the hoax was revealed, though it continued to be a mystery as to the identity of the hoaxer. This book traces the story with new research from the archives of the British Museum (Natural History) to find an answer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257 and indexes.
"Based on research by Ian Langham (1942-1984)."