Unraveling Piltdown
| Author | : John Evangelist Walsh |
| Publisher | : Random House (NY) |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015035766602 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Unraveling Piltdown by : John Evangelist Walsh
Download or read book Unraveling Piltdown written by John Evangelist Walsh and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1913 amateur fossil hunter and archaeologist Charles Dawson found in a gravel pit the cranium and jaw of an entirely new species of humanoid, which became known as Piltdown man, which caused headlines worldwide as the missing link between man and ape. In 1952, it was exposed as a hoax. With eight pages of photos, this book is a wonderful detective story, and the first examination the convincingly fingers the perpetrator.
