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In 1912 there was an announcement that rocked the scientific world.\u00a0 The remains of an early form of man had been found in the British village of Piltdown.\u00a0 It was exciting because Piltdown Man was much different from his Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal cousins.\u00a0 He had an enormous brain.\u00a0 A large tool that looked kind of like a cricket bat was\u00a0 found near the skull fragments.\u00a0 Piltdown Man was certainly one of a kind.<\/p>\n
It turns out that the reason Piltdown Man was so different is because the artifacts were forged.<\/p>\n
In 1953 it was proven that the artifacts were actually the skull of a modern human and\u00a0 the jawbone of an orangutan or chimpanzee.\u00a0 Now only one mystery remains.\u00a0 Who perpetrated the hoax?<\/p>\n
It seems likely that Charles Dawson, the man who first found the remains, was in on the scheme.\u00a0 Dawson, nicknamed the Wizard of\u00a0 Sussex, was famous for his archeological finds.\u00a0 However Dawson’s discoveries have not stood the test of time.<\/p>\n
Dr Miles Russell of Bournemouth University studied Dawson’s collection.\u00a0 In 2003 Russell declared that at least 38 specimens were fakes. He further stated that Dawson\u2019s\u00a0 career was “built upon deceit, sleight of hand, fraud and deception, the ultimate gain being international recognition”<\/p>\n
But did Dawson act alone?\u00a0 Sir Arhtur Conan Doyle has always been suspected of assisting Dawson.\u00a0 As a doctor Conan Doyle had the means to create the forged artifacts.\u00a0 As a Spiritualist he may have also had the motive to take a jab at the scientific community.<\/p>\n
In a few weeks British researchers are going to study the remains of Piltdown Man.\u00a0 Their objective will be to find out everything they can about the artifacts and hopefully discover who took part in the fraud.<\/p>\n
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