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SYMHC Classics: Piltdown Man

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Pilt Down Man Was Not a Real Hominid Fossil

After oakley's discovery, the british museum publicly announced that the pilt down man was a fraud. Further analysis showed that the mandible was really from a juvenile orangitan. All these pieces that had been purported to be a person's remains were actually meticulously altered to look genuine. The revelation that it wasn't real eroded the general public's belief in science. It impeded progress and perpetuated inaccurate information for decades. And we're growing faster than ever with our new mobile phone company nfts.

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