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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
Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840s by Mary Anning in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871). Page 2 of 3
ProtopterisCretaceous fossil trunk from the Czech Republic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Zamites carruthersiiFossil leaf from Hastings, East Sussex, England dating from the Cretaceous (Wealden). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Matonidium goepertiJurassic fossil leaf from York, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Sassafras obtusumCretaceous fossil leaf from Dakota Group, Kansas, U.S.A. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Aralia kowalewskianaCretaceous fossil leaf from Czech Republic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Acer trilobatum, sycamore or maple leafFossilised leaf dating from the Miocene period, collected in Oeningen, Baden, Germany. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Metasequoia occidentalisEocene fossil leaves from Spitsbergen. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Credneria denticulataCretaceous fossil leaf from Czech Republic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ginkgo adeantoidesEocene fossil leaf from Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Platinites hebridicusEocene fossil leaf from Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Glossopteris brownianaFossil from Nagpur, India. Tongue-shaped leaves of the extinct Glossopteris are characteristic of the Permian and Triassic rocks of Gondwana. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ptilophyllum pectinoidesJurassic leaves of the extinct cycad like bennettitalean gymnosperm from Yorkshire, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ginkgo gardneri, maidenhair treeFossil leaf from Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Paleocene/Eocene. Ginkgo gardneri is an extinct relative of the living Ginko biloba. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cycadeoidea microphyllaJurassic extinct bennettitalean cycad like plant from Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Pagiophyllum peregrynumThick, robust leaves of the extinct conifer from Lyme Regis, Dorset, England dating from Upper Jurassic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Walchia piniformisLeafy branch of the extinct Walchia piniformis from Montpellier, France dating from the Permian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Archaeopteris hibernicaFossil frond of the extinct progymnosperm from Kiltorkan, Kilkenny, Ireland dating from the Upper Devonian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Xenotheca devonicaOvule (seed) bearing cupules of the early extinct gymnosperm from Devon, England dating from the Upper Devonian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Trigonocarpus parkinsoniLarge nutlike seeds (about 2.5cm long) from the coal measures of England dating from Upper Carboniferous. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Neuropteris heterophyllaFern like frond of the extinct gymnosperm from Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England dating from the Carboniferous. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Earths TreasuryInterior view of Earths Treasury gallery, the Earth Galleries, the Natural History Museum, London
Dinosaurs GalleryA wide-angle view of the Natural History Museums Dinosaur Galery
Tyrannosaurus rex skullSkull of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaur, on display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London. Tyrannosaurus rex lived 67 to 65 million years ago
Archaeocrinus microbasalis, sea lilyCast of a fossil sea lily from Canada, is 458-443 million years old from the Late Ordovician. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
Trocholites spEarly coiled nautiloid from Norway, is 410 million years old from the Early Devonian. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
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
Excavations at Piltdown c. 1913Arthur Smith Woodward and the Abbe Henri Breuil at Piltdown
Homo sapiens molars (Piltdown 1)Examination of the Piltdown dentition revealed that the molars which had been claimed to have been discovered in 1913 were abraded to make them appear older. They were in fact molars from an Orangutan
Piltdown 1 molarsExamination of the Piltdown dentition revealed that the molars which had been claimed to have been discovered in 1913 were abraded to make them appear older. They were in fact molars from an Orangutan
Harry Morris Flint
