Piltdown Man and the Teeth That Gave It Away

The Piltdown Man forgery joined a human skull to an ape jaw. Follow the original claim, the tests that exposed the fabrication, and the later investigation that pointed to a likely forger. Dawson’s involvement is presented as a research conclusion; his motive remains uncertain. Next listen: The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa: another investigation in which the history of a celebrated object leads back to the person who presented it. https://www.spreaker.com/episo... New stories Monday and Thursday at noon, Algeria time. Sources: NHM discovery and investigation https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-scie... BGS collaborative historical exhibition https://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/in... 1953 primary chemical report https://www.nature.com/article... 2016 primary study abstract https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go... 2016 investigators institutional account https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-ev... NHM methods and uncertainty https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover... Independent museum corroboration https://australian.museum/lear... Chapters: 00:00 A person who never existed 05:43 The tests that changed the case 11:29 Tracing the forger Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support . This episode includes AI-generated content.