Mary Evans Piltdown Man: an elaborate and carefully prepared hoax, 1953 10638494

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Picture No	10638494
Date	1953
Description	Piltdown Man: an elaborate and carefully prepared hoax, 1953
Details	A page from the Illustrated London News in 1953, declaring the Piltdown Man to be 'an elaborate and carefully prepared hoax'. The discovery of part of a jaw and a portion of the skull, made by Charles Dawson in a gravel deposit near Piltdown Common, aroused great interest in 1912; the finds believed to be the remains of the oldest known inhabitant of Europe, and the 'missing link' between man and ape. In 1953, the find was proved to be a hoax, a combination of the skull of a medieval man, the jaw of an orangutan, and chimpanzee teeth.
Source	Page in the Illustrated London News,28th November 1953 page 887.
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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