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'''Nebraska Man''' may refer to a [[man]] from [[Nebraska]] or the scientific folly of 1922.
In 1922, a rancher in Nebraska found a tooth which was subsequently identified as a species of man by the [[American Museum of Natural History]]. It was claimed that the species was closer to man than the [[Great Apes]]. A diagram of the tooth and an artist's rendering of the Nebraska Man appeared in ''The Illustrated News of London''. The scientists claimed that this was evidence of a "prehistoric" man living in North America.
In 1927 more fragments of the skeleton were found and it became apparent that the tooth belonged to a wild pig.
In 1922, a rancher in Nebraska found a tooth which was subsequently identified as a species of man by the [[American Museum of Natural History]]. It was claimed that the species was closer to man than the [[Great Apes]]. A diagram of the tooth and an artist's rendering of the Nebraska Man appeared in ''The Illustrated News of London''. The scientists claimed that this was evidence of a "prehistoric" man living in North America.
In 1927 more fragments of the skeleton were found and it became apparent that the tooth belonged to a wild pig.