DNA analysis of ‘Piltdown man’ proves it is fake fossil

New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’

Our re-evaluation of the Piltdown fossils using the latest scientific methods (DNA analyses, high-precision measurements, spectroscopy and virtual anthropology) shows that it is highly likely that a single orang-utan specimen and at least two human specimens were used to create the fake fossils.

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