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February 5, 2012

Piltdown Man: Another Case in Which "The Science Is Settled"

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Unearthed in a gravel pit at Piltdown in East Sussex and revealed to the outside world exactly a century ago,
those shards of skull were part of a scientific scam that completely fooled leading palaeontologists. For decades they believed they were the remains of a million-year-old apeman, an individual who possessed a large brain but primitive jawbone and teeth. --Piltdown Man: British archaeology's greatest hoax The Observer

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 5, 2012 10:53 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Piltdown man was wiped out by global warming. He should serve as a warning to us all.

JWM

Posted by: jwm at February 6, 2012 7:50 AM

Piltdown man is alive and well running for office as a Proggy politician.

Posted by: Peccable at February 6, 2012 8:59 AM

No coincidence that this was the same area that the Hadley CRU is found. Michael "Piltdown" Mann carries on the critical work of science hoaxing.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 6, 2012 2:09 PM

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