According to Robert Parsons, it derailed the careers of Arthur Keith, Grafton Elliot Smith, and Arthur Smith Woodward, and helped obscure Raymond Dart's discovery of early Australopithecines.
It gained credence after the discovery of the Talgai cranium. According to Robert Parsons, it derailed the careers of Arthur Keith, Grafton Elliot Smith, and Arthur Smith Woodward, and helped obscure Raymond Dart's discovery of early Australopithecines. Discovered by Charles Dawson, its two molars formed a non-uniform biting surface and showed evidence of artificial abrasion, arousing the doubts of Joseph Weiner and Wilfred Le Gros Clark. Consisting of the jawbone of an orangutan and the skull of a modern human, FTP, name these forged bone fragments found in a namesake English town, at one time believed to be the missing link.
It gained credence after the discovery of the Talgai cranium.
{Piltdown Man}