Piltdown man
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Pilt·down man
(pĭlt′doun′)n.
A proposed species of extinct humans described from a skull uncovered in a gravel bed in England in 1912 but determined in 1953 to be a fake constructed from a human cranium and the jawbone of an orangutan.
[After Piltdown Common in southeast England.]
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Piltdown man
(ˈpɪltˌdaʊn)n
(Palaeontology) an advanced hominid postulated from fossil bones found in Sussex in 1912, but shown by modern dating methods in 1953 to be a hoax, which was perpetrated by a student museum assistant who was refused a wage
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Pilt′down man`
(ˈpɪltˌdaʊn)n.
a hypothetical early modern human whose existence was inferred from bone fragments allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but identified as a hoax in 1953.
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Piltdown man
A supposed type of primitive human being based on remains found in England in 1912, later discovered to have been a hoax.
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| Noun | 1. |  Piltdown man - a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoaxprimitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |
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