- Piltdown
- Piltdown village in Sussex, England, site where a fossil humanoid skull was said to have been found (1912), proved a fraud in 1953.
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Piltdown — est un village de Grande Bretagne, situé en Angleterre dans le Sussex. Il donna son nom à l Homme de Piltdown dont les ossements y furent découverts en 1908. Portail de l’Angleterre Ca … Wikipédia en Français
Piltdown — Das Bild zeigt (von links) F. O. Barlow, Grafton Elliot Smith, Charles Dawson, Arthur Smith Woodward (stehend), Arthur Swayne Underwood, Arthur Keith, William Plane Pycraft und Ray Lankester (sitzend). Der Piltdow … Deutsch Wikipedia
Piltdown man — [pilt′doun΄] n. a supposed species of prehistoric human presumed on the basis of skull fragments found in Piltdown (Sussex, England) about 1911 and exposed as a hoax in 1953 … English World dictionary
Piltdown Man — Not to be confused with The Piltdown Men. Group portrait by John Cooke, 1915. Back row (from left): F O Barlow, G Elliot Smith, Charles Dawson, Arthur Smith Woodward. Front row: A S Underwood, Arthur Keith, W P Pycraft, and Sir Ray Lankester. The … Wikipedia
Piltdown-Mensch — 50.9876820.062727999999993 Koordinaten: 50° 59′ N, 0° 4′ O … Deutsch Wikipedia
Piltdown man — /pilt down / a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis… … Universalium
Piltdown man — noun a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax • Syn: ↑Piltdown hoax • Hypernyms: ↑primitive, ↑primitive person * * * Piltdown man [Piltdown man] a type of ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Piltdown hoax — Forgery of human fossil remains that impeded early 20th century progress in the study of human evolution. The apparently fossilized skull found at Piltdown Common near Lewes, Eng., was first proposed as a new species of prehistoric man ( Piltdown … Universalium
Piltdown, fraude de — Falsificación de restos fósiles humanos que a principios del s. XX obstaculizó el avance en el estudio de la evolución humana. En 1912 se encontró en Piltdown, cerca de Lewes, Inglaterra, un cráneo supuestamente fosilizado que, según se postuló,… … Enciclopedia Universal
Piltdown man — /ˈpɪltdaʊn mæn/ (say piltdown man) noun a supposedly very early form of the human species, Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from bone fragments found at Piltdown, Sussex, England in 1912; these were shown in 1953 to have been assembled… …
