Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This episode explores the famous evolutionist fraud, Piltdown Man. We explore the possible culprits and the media sensation behind it.

References:

Creationist Argument
answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/piltdown-man/the-piltdown-man-fraud
creation.com/not-another-ape-man
creationwiki.org/Piltdown_Man

Details of Dawson's Private Life
Russell, Miles (2003), "Piltdown Man: The Secret Life of Charles Dawson"

Details on the actual find
Lewin, Roger (1987), "Bones of Contention"

Arthur Keith's Paper on Piltdown Man
Keith, A. (1914) "The Significance of the Skull at Piltdown"

Waterston's refutation of the skull's veracity
nature.com/nature/journal/v92/n2298/abs/092319a0.html

Account of Osborne's involvement
Walsh, John E. (1996). "Unraveling Piltdown: The Science Fraud of the Century and its Solution"

Weidenreich's refutation of the skull's veracity
books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ja351EkKUDsC&pg=PA30&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

Article by Kenneth Page Oakley, Sir Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark and Joseph Weiner exposing the fraud
content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,823171,00.html

Proquest
proquest.com

Possible origin of the doctoral theses story
nature.com/nature/journal/v174/n4419/pdf/174065a0.pdf qabalaHCTMRS08