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The Piltdown Man was one of many frauds perpetrated by promoters of the theory of evolution. This particular fraud was taught to an entire generation of students worldwide from 1912 to 1953, when it was conclusively proven to be a hoax. The Piltdown Man was featured in the textbook at issue in the [[Scopes trial]] in Tennessee. Darwinists officially announced the Piltdown Man to be authentic and gave it a formal name: ''Eoanthropus dawsoni''.  This name honored the person who claimed to have found it, Charles Dawson.  It is worth noting that while the British scientific establishment largely supported the validity of Piltdown Man, this was not true in America and Europe. [http://www.bradburyac.mistral.co.uk/tenness5.html]

The Piltdown Man was one of many frauds perpetrated by promoters of the theory of evolution. This particular fraud was taught to an entire generation of students worldwide from 1912 to 1953, when it was conclusively proven to be a hoax. The Piltdown Man was featured in the textbook at issue in the [[Scopes trial]] in Tennessee. Darwinists officially announced the Piltdown Man to be authentic and gave it a formal name: ''Eoanthropus dawsoni''.  This name honored the person who claimed to have found it, Charles Dawson.  It is worth noting that while the British scientific establishment largely supported the validity of Piltdown Man, this was not true in America and Europe. [http://www.bradburyac.mistral.co.uk/tenness5.html]

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}}

Evidences of a greater complicity in the Piltdown Man fraud by promoters of the theory evolution, beyond the original hoax perpetrators, come from the doubts expressed among evolutionists in rarely read publications while they continued to support Piltdown Man in public.{{fact}}

Evidences of a greater complicity in the Piltdown Man fraud by promoters of the theory evolution, beyond the original hoax perpetrators, come from the doubts expressed among evolutionists in rarely read publications while they continued to support Piltdown Man in public. For instance, in 1922, evolutionist William King Gregory stated in a highly technical book<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC03040525&id=EyF3qtMDRlgC&pg=RA2-PA351 ''The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition''], William King Gregory, 1922, p. 351.</ref> that as early as 1914 he had doubts, shared by colleagues, about whether the jaw and teeth were associated with the braincase. That same year, a book aimed at the popular market was depicting elaborate fabrications about the daily life of Piltdown Man, giving him an assortment of tools, a wife and child, and tigers to fight.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02561355&id=L0sDgL6sPh4C&pg=RA1-PR51 ''Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age''], Charles Henry Bourne Quennell, 1922, p. 51.</ref>

 

For instance, in 1922, evolutionist William King Gregory stated in a highly technical book<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC03040525&id=EyF3qtMDRlgC&pg=RA2-PA351 ''The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition''], William King Gregory, 1922, p. 351.</ref> that as early as 1914 he had doubts, shared by colleagues, about whether the jaw and teeth were associated with the braincase. That same year, a book aimed at the popular market was depicting elaborate fabrications about the daily life of Piltdown Man, giving him an assortment of tools, a wife and child, and tigers to fight.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02561355&id=L0sDgL6sPh4C&pg=RA1-PR51 ''Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age''], Charles Henry Bourne Quennell, 1922, p. 51.</ref>

Louis S. B. Leakey wrote in 1920: "'Piltdown' is likely not as old as claimed, and certainly is not very interesting."

Louis S. B. Leakey wrote in 1920: "'Piltdown' is likely not as old as claimed, and certainly is not very interesting."{{fact}}

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