Piltdown man: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Dawson’s dawn man • Eoanthropus dawsoni

Photos

jaw of Piltdown man

gravels of Barkham Manor at Piltdown Common

Piltdown man memorial

Piltdown man hoax uncovered

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Topics

Today in History—December 18: Piltdown Man: The Missing Link That Wasn’t Anthropology hoax Hominidae fraud fossil dinosaur Australopithecus Homo erectus Neanderthal Ardipithecus Homo habilis megalodon Australopithecus sediba feathered dinosaur pterosaur

Key People

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Kenneth Oakley

English anthropologist, geologist, and paleontologist

Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)

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