Piltdown Skull
3rd December 1953: A reconstruction of the famous Piltdown Skull on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Accepted as evidence of the 'missing link' between ape and man since its discovery by Charles Dawson in 1912, the skull has recently been fluorine tested and found to be a hoax, constructed from the cranium of a man and the jawbone of an orang-utan from the Middle Ages. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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03 December, 1953
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