Still Waters Posted December 16, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 16, 2012 The mystery of the Piltdown man hoax may have finally been solved by scientists who have been re-examining the evidence. It was a hoax that fooled some of the most eminent minds in the country and has remained unsolved for 100 years. Now scientists believe they can finally put to rest the mystery of how one of the most famous scientific frauds in history was orchestrated and who was responsible for creating the fake remains of a human ancestor known as Piltdown man. http://www.telegraph...an-to-rest.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted December 16, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 16, 2012 What people won't do to be recognized. This is the reason you should get a second opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted December 16, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) I don't understand Sir Arthur Conan Doyles role...why is he a suspect? Edited December 16, 2012 by Lava_Lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntrSThompsun Posted December 17, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Sherlock Holmes was fictional..bigfoots DNA is looking less credible now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSOURCE Posted December 17, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I don't understand Sir Arthur Conan Doyles role...why is he a suspect? The reason Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a suspect in the Piltdown hoax is because he was really into spiritualism, something that the scientific community frowned upon and never accepted as fact. According to science historian Richard Milner, Doyle perpetrated the hoax in order to get revenge. Some have claimed that Doyle left a number of clues to the hoax in his novel The Lost World which came out the same year Piltdown was discovered. Doyle was so into spiritualism that he sometimes got taken in by hoaxes himself, such as the Cottingley faries case. I'm not saying I believe he was the one who faked the fossils, but he atleast did have a motive. Posted by theSOURCE's friend with his permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted December 17, 2012 #6 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Yeah... this is sort of like "Who was Jack the Ripper/Atlantis found/Noahs Ark found/ect." stories that come out ever few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted December 18, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 18, 2012 My money would be on Dawson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion6969 Posted December 18, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Next....java man, then Nebraska man just to name a few more hoaxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted December 18, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Some of my favorates were the Cardiff Giant and the Minnisota IceMan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted December 29, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 29, 2012 So it seems, once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. And, this remainder is often the most mundane of truths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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