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Piltdown

Piltdown

3 9.9
A small village in southern England known for a famous fake fossil find
  • proper noun
translation icon : Piltdown
  • The people who created the Piltdown hoax believed in their own version of evolution.
  • Piltdown Man
  • Piltdown hoax
  • Piltdown site

Examples

  • But think of it as a high-tech version of the Piltdown Man hoax.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Many believed that the findings at Piltdown would change the understanding of human evolution.

  • Because yes, Piltdown Man was a hoax.

    Blog text (26)

  • That's why it's a Piltdown Man fraud.

    Blog text (34)

  • Perhaps the most famous incident of scientific fraud in this century was the case of Piltdown Man—a human cranium and ape jaw that were found in a gravel pit in England in 1908 and 1912.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The fossil discovery at Piltdown was later revealed to be a famous archaeological hoax.

  • In 1953, scientists confirmed that the remains found in Piltdown were not genuine.

Compounds

Piltdown hoax
9.6

A famous case where fake human fossils tricked scientists for years

Piltdown man
9.9

An early human fossil from England that scientists later showed was a fake

Surface Forms

Piltdown main

Etymology

The place name Piltdown is a village in southern England that became known for the fake fossil called the Piltdown Man, which fooled scientists for years. That's why Piltdown is linked to one of the most famous hoaxes in archaeology.