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Unscripted (4) ( Piltdown Man )

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Pilt Down Man - A Hoax

After raymond dart's astrolepithicous discoveries, it was reported that the sediment layers that pilt down man was found in were questionable in terms of their age. But there was still an attempt by british scientists to hush this up. It wasn't until the 19 forties that the technology existed to be able to really challenge the validity of the pilt downMan fossils. And over the course of the years 19 forty nine to 19 53, there was an interest in using modern techniques to find out about the bones. And it turned out that they were relatively recent and not prehistoric at all. The bones had been carefully and deliberately stained to make them appear older than

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