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Lochness MonsterA dramatic picture of the supposed giant water creature that lives in Loch Ness, Scotland and its small offspring, followed by divers holding underwater cameras
A discussion on the Piltdown skull by John CookePortrait group of well-known British scientists examining the Piltdown skull. This topical painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915
Piltdown Man memorial, 1938The site of the discovery of the Piltdown skull: the monolith memorial unveiled by Sir Keith Arthur on 22nd July 1938. The memorial was placed in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown
Largest ear of corn grown in CanadaHumorous card depicting the Largest ear of corn grown in Canada !! 1910
Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of EnglandThe most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw
Piltdown forgery meetingMeeting to present the extent of the forgery at the Geological Society of London at Burlington House on 30 June 1954
Piltdown man reconstructedThe Piltdown man sketched by A. Forestier after Professor Keiths reconstruction, and an inset showing an alterative reconstruction after Dr. A. Smith Woodward
Geologists at PiltdownGeologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913
Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letterLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880
Piltdown ManAn illustration of The earliest known inhabitant of England, based upon the fragments of skull and jawbone supposedly discovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown, East Sussex, England
Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961)Portrait of Martin Alister Campbell Hinton, a zoologist and keeper of zoology at the British Museum (Natural History). From Piltdown, A Scientific Forgery
Piltdown Man: reconstructed skulls comparedApe-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A
Piltdown Man: mandible and skull comparedApe-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A
The Piltdown jaw: a reconstruction by W. P PycraftA drawing by W. P Pycraft of the restored jaw of the Piltdown Man, showing a pronounced forward thrust. Date: 1912
Piltdown Man: brain capacity comparedA page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A. Smith-Woodwards reconstruction of the Piltdown Mans brain over the reconstruction proposed by Professor Arthur Keith s
Piltdown Man: Dawson and Smith-Woodward search for more boneSeeking remains of the oldest known Englishman: looking for relics of the Piltdown Man. Charles Dawson and A. Smith-Woodward searching for other parts of the skeleton on the site of the first
Athene blewitti, forest owletDonated to the Museum in 1954 by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, it was discovered that he had in fact stolen the specimen from the Museum and changed its label
The Piltdown man excavation siteExcavation at Piltdown c. 1913 with Cyril Woodward showing scale
The Piltdown (Skull) Gravel PitThe site where the Pitdown specimens were claimed to have been discovered (1912-1915). Photograph believed to have been taken during the winter of 1913
Barkham Avenue, Piltdown, SussexView looking down the drive c. 1912, including from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward (with the goose Chipper), Charles Dawson, and Robert Kenward Snr
Searching for the Piltdown Man
Excavations at Piltdown circa 1913Charles Dawson (left) and Dr A Smith Woodward (right)
Workers at Piltdown
Pongo sp. Mandible and molar (Piltdown 1 & 2)Lateral lingual view of Piltdown 1 mandible with Piltdown 2 left molar. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Homo sapiens cranium (Piltdown 1)Two pieces that represent the Piltdown 1 cranium held at The Natural History Museum, London. This specimen was reported as being discovered at Piltdown
Piltdown Stegodon toothPiltdown, Sussex item E.620, part of a molar tooth of the extinct mammal Stegodon, of the Pliocene to the Pleistocene epochs. Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown Mastodon toothPiltdown, Sussex item E.622, edge view of molar of the extinct mammal Mastodon. Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Pongo sp. Mandible with canine (Piltdown 1)Left lateral view of the Piltdown mandible reported to be that of a newly found homind species in 1913 but then revealed as a forgery in 1953. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown flake implementPiltdown, Sussex item E.612 held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown flintsCollection of Piltdown flints held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown Eolithic flintPiltdown, Sussex item E.614 held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown rolled flakePiltdown, Sussex item E.613 held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown flint implementPiltdown, Sussex item E.605 held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown Palaeolith flintPiltdown, Sussex item E.685 held at The Natural History Museum, London
Equus sp. horseUpper molar tooth from a species of the Equus genus. Item E. 602 of the animal fossil specimens found at Piltdown, Sussex, 1912-15, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Castor fiber, Eurasian beaverLower molar tooth of a Eurasian beaver. Item E. 603 of the animal fossil specimens found at Piltdown, Sussex, 1912-15, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Echinocarys, echinoid hoaxA hoax fossil echinoid found at Piltdown, Sussex. Specimen now held at the Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown memorialJuly 1938, Sir Arthur Smith Woodward next to the memorial marking the site of the discovery of the Piltdown skull by Charles Dawson. Photograph loaned to Museum by Charles Taylor Trechmann
Professor J. S. WeinerPretoria born scientist who became Reader in Physical Anthropology at Oxford. In 1953 he famously exposed the Piltdown Man as a fraud
Piltdown 1 jawLeft lateral view of Piltdown 1 jaw. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown 1 jaw and Piltdown 2 left molarOcclusal view of Piltdown 1 jaw with Piltdown 2 left molar. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown 1 craniumFive pieces that represent the Piltdown 1 cranium (not including jaw). Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Piltdown 1 molarScanning electron microscope view of molar surface showing scratch marks
Piltdown skullThree-quarter view of model reconstruction of the Piltdown skull