English Dictionary

Piltdown Man

name

(taxonomy, fraud) A supposed early human theorized from bone fragments said to have been found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, in 1912, but later identified as a forgery.

The Piltdown Man was a famous archaeological hoax.

意味（1）

(taxonomy, fraud) A supposed early human theorized from bone fragments said to have been found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, in 1912, but later identified as a forgery.