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November 21, 1953

On November 21, 1953, the British Museum revealed that the 40-year-long hoax of the Piltdown Man was officially ended. The Museum stated that the Piltdown Man was a “perfectly executed and carefully prepared fraud” that was conceived, planned and executed between 1907 and 1911. The fake hominid skull was constructed from the following; the remains … Continue reading

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December 18, 1912

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1912, the discovery of the partial skull fragments of the Piltdown Man in East Sussex was announced. This controversial discovery was declared by many in the scientific community to be the missing link between apes and humans. It was later proved to be a hoax in 1953 when scientists … Continue reading

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