21st November 1953: Piltdown Man fossils exposed as a forgery, undermining studies of human evolution

Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 3:05 a.m.

b'The use of fluorine dating revealed that the skull and jawbone, which were once believed to be a crucial 'missing piece' in the study of human evolution, did not belong to the same individual and were far younger than previously ...'