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The results had shown the Piltdown bones were not only considerably younger geologically than the Lower and Middle [[Pleistocene]] fossils said to have been found at the same site, but in fact they were less than 500 years old.  The cranium came from a man who died in the Medieval period, while the jaw fragment came from an orangutan (''Pongo abelii'') less than 200 years old; this ape was determined to have died at the age of ten.<ref>http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_expose/radioactivedating_piltdown.html</ref><ref>http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_gen_hist_surveys/piltman_oaklywiener.html</ref> These tests had also revealed that the remains had been artificially stained to make them appear old, and the molars had been filed down to resemble human teeth.  To add further doubt to Piltdown's authenticity, the proboscidean molar turned out to have come from an extinct species of elephant (''Archidiskodon africanavus'') whose uranium content linked it to a site in [[Tunisia]].  Although not fully proven to this day, Dawson has been implicated as the creator of Piltdown man.   

The results had shown the Piltdown bones were not only considerably younger geologically than the Lower and Middle [[Pleistocene]] fossils said to have been found at the same site, but in fact they were less than 500 years old.  The cranium came from a man who died in the Medieval period, while the jaw fragment came from an orangutan (''Pongo abelii'') less than 200 years old; this ape was determined to have died at the age of ten.<ref>http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_expose/radioactivedating_piltdown.html</ref><ref>http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_gen_hist_surveys/piltman_oaklywiener.html</ref> These tests had also revealed that the remains had been artificially stained to make them appear old, and the molars had been filed down to resemble human teeth.  To add further doubt to Piltdown's authenticity, the proboscidean molar turned out to have come from an extinct species of elephant (''Archidiskodon africanavus'') whose uranium content linked it to a site in [[Tunisia]].  Although not fully proven to this day, Dawson has been implicated as the creator of Piltdown man.   

A claim that upwards of five hundred doctoral theses had been written about Piltdown man has filtered down through the years since; the actual number is two, and both were written long after the hoax was revealed in 1953.<ref>http://creation.com/evolution-by-fiat-and-faith</ref>

A claim that upwards of five hundred doctoral theses had been written about Piltdown man has filtered down through the years since; the actual number is two, and both were written long after the hoax was revealed in 1953.<ref>https://creation.com/evolution-by-fiat-and-faith</ref>

   

   

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