Reconstruction Of Piltdown Man is a photograph by Paul D Stewart which was uploaded on August 6th, 2016.
Reconstruction Of Piltdown Man
Reconstruction of Piltdown Man. This is one of the first three-dimensional and 'fleshed' reconstructions of Piltdown Man. The Piltdown specimens were... more
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Reconstruction Of Piltdown Man
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Paul D Stewart
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Reconstruction of Piltdown Man. This is one of the first three-dimensional and 'fleshed' reconstructions of Piltdown Man. The Piltdown specimens were 'discovered' in the period 1912 to 1915, near Piltdown, Sussex, UK. The discoverers claimed that Piltdown Man was the link between modern humans and their ape ancestors, combining the large human skull with an ape-like jaw. In 1953 Piltdown Man was shown to be a fraud. The skull fragments were human, the jaw came from an orangutan and the teeth from a chimpanzee. This became one of the most infamous hoaxes in science. Artwork from 'Un essai de reconstitution plastique des races humaines primitives' (Rutot, 1916) in 'Academie royale de Belgique' (Nouv. Series) T. VII.
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