Arthur Keith - Piltdown Man Hoax

Piltdown Man Hoax

Keith was a strong proponent of the Piltdown Man. Piltdown: A Scientific Forgery, written by Frank Spencer after completing the research of Ian Langham (an Australian historian of science who suspected Keith, and died in 1984), explored the link between Keith and Dawson and suggested it was Keith who prepared the fake specimens for Dawson to plant. Phillip Tobias details the history of the investigation of the hoax, dismissing other theories, and listing inconsistencies in Keith's statements and actions. More recent evidence points to Martin Hinton, but the case remains open.

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