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Notorious ‘ape-man’ fossil hoax pinned on one wrongdoer

New Piltdown Man probe rules out coconspirators in famous anthropological fraud

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PILTDOWN SKULLDUGGERY  Human skull fragments from the 20th century fossil fraud known as Piltdown Man contain clues to forgery methods used by one man to trick the anthropological establishment, a new study finds.

I. De Groote

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

New investigations of England’s infamously fraudulent Piltdown Man fossils reveal a mix of clever and clumsy methods used by one man to fool early 20th century scientists for 40 years.