Piltdown Man is the common name for one of the most famous scientific hoaxes. The skull and jawbone were found in a gravel pit near Piltdown in Southern England in 1912 and were originally believed...
The Piltdown man, as an archaeological discovery, didn't exist. Piltdown Man was a hoax. Allegedly dug up from a gravel pit in Piltdown, Sussex, England in 1912, a large number of experts were hoaxed...