| | [[Image:piltdownman_quennell_1922.png|right|300px|"Piltdown Man", according to evolutionists in 1922.]] | | [[Image:piltdownman_quennell_1922.png|right|300px|"Piltdown Man", according to evolutionists in 1922.]] |
| − | Creationists believe that the Piltdown man was not an isolated incident of bad judgement by evolutionist and that the examples of the Nebraska Man, Java Man, Ocre Man, and Neanderthals{{fact}} can be cited. <ref>[http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionfraud.html "Evolution Fraud"], Northwest Creation Network</ref> The Piltdown Man was actually a medieval skull combined with a lower jaw from an orangutan and teeth from a chimpanzee, which were then placed in a gravel pit in the village of Piltdown, England. The bones were stained with chromic acid and an iron solution, creating the crude appearance of an old age. The Piltdown Man was publicized as the "Missing Link" between man and ape-like species, which eluded (and still eludes) promoters of evolution. {{fact}} | + | Creationists believe that the Piltdown man was not an isolated incident of bad judgement by evolutionist and that the examples of the Nebraska Man, Java Man, Ocre Man, and Neanderthals can be cited. <ref>[http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionfraud.html "Evolution Fraud"], Northwest Creation Network</ref> The Piltdown Man was actually a medieval skull combined with a lower jaw from an orangutan and teeth from a chimpanzee, which were then placed in a gravel pit in the village of Piltdown, England. The bones were stained with chromic acid and an iron solution, creating the crude appearance of an old age. The Piltdown Man was publicized as the "Missing Link" between man and ape-like species, which eluded (and still eludes) promoters of evolution. {{fact}} |
| | As is customary among evolution promoters, the date assigned to the bones was never based on the bones at all, but rather were based on testing of older material found nearby. {{fact}} Like similar artifacts purporting to prove evolution today, there was no independent or public scrutiny of the actual materials.{{fact}} | | As is customary among evolution promoters, the date assigned to the bones was never based on the bones at all, but rather were based on testing of older material found nearby. {{fact}} Like similar artifacts purporting to prove evolution today, there was no independent or public scrutiny of the actual materials.{{fact}} |