Fannia scalaris, fake fossil fly in amber
Originally thought to be 38 million years old the specimen was exposed as a fake in 1993 when it was discovered that the fly had been inserted artificially. Dubbed The Piltdown Fly
Picture No
10707242
Media ID
47583356
Size
2740px x 4186px
(11.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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