The Piltdown Forgery

Zusatztext an excellent historical record Informationen zum Autor Dr Weiner was Reader in Physical Anthropology at Oxford University, and one of the scientists whose investigations resulted in the exposure of the Piltdown Man hoax.Prof. Chris Stringer is Head of Human Origins, Dept. of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum. Klappentext For decades the remains of fossils found in Piltdown! England were believed to come from a "missing link!" a creature with a human cranium and an ape's jaw. Dr. Weiner shows how he discovered the truth about these remains! and went on to expose one of the world's greatest scientific frauds. Zusammenfassung Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London provides an introduction to the Piltdown man story, and an afterword containing the latest detective-work. Ever-increasing technological powers may one day reveal who did what, and why, but until then this remains an engrossing tale of mixed motives, captivating trickery, and competing egos.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Stringer, J. S. Weiner, J. S. (formerly Reader in Physical Anthropology Weiner, J. S./ Stringer Weiner, Weiner J. S.
• Assisted by: Chris Stringer (Introduction)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2004
• EAN: 9780198607809
• ISBN: 978-0-19-860780-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 191 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Europe, popular science, prehistory, SCIENCE / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Archaeology by period / region, Hoaxes & deceptions