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The Piltdown Man Hoax: Case Closed
Dr Miles Russell
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Paperback. Published to celebrate the centenary and finally bring the mystery to a close, this book provides a definitive account of the Piltdown hoax. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 black & white plates, 8 black & white plates, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Piltdown. Even today the name sends a shiver down the collective spine of the scientific community, for this was the most dramatic and daring fraud ever perpetrated upon the world of science and academia. Between 1908 and 1912, a series of amazing discoveries relating to what appeared to be the earliest human were made close to the little village of Piltdown in Sussex. These remains belonged to the developmental ‘missing link’ between man and ape. The basic principles of evolution, first propounded by Charles Darwin some fifty years before, now appeared as indisputable fact. The Manchester Guardian ran the first ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752487748
SKU
V9780752487748
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99-50
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