The Pilt Down Man

In spite of the growing body of scepticism and criticism, the pilt down man became a widely accepted part of a body of scientific literature. But serious danger lurks in the possibility of its persisting long enough to become an obsession and a hindrance to future progress in this particular field. And that's exactly what was happening. It made less and less sense that some critical moment in human evolution had happened on some tiny islands off the northwest coast of europe.