A reconstruction of the famous Piltdown Skull on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Accepted as evidence of the "missing link" between ape and man since its discovery by Charles Dawson in 1912, by the time of this photo in 1953, it had been found to be a hoax, constructed from the cranium of a man and the jawbone of an orangutan.

7 of The Most Famous Scientific Hoaxes of All Time

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A visual timeline of famous hoaxes, moving from early 20th-century scientific frauds to today’s social-media falsehoods. These images highlight how deception evolved from physical fabrications to viral online misinformation.

A reconstruction of the famous Piltdown Skull on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Accepted as evidence of the "missing link" between ape and man since its discovery by Charles Dawson in 1912, by the time of this photo in 1953, it had been found to be a hoax, constructed from the cranium of a man and the jawbone of an orangutan.
A reconstruction of the famous Piltdown Skull on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Accepted as evidence of the ’missing link’ between ape and man since its discovery by Charles Dawson in 1912, by the time of this photo in 1953, it had been found to be a hoax, constructed from the cranium of a man and the jawbone of an orangutan.
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7 of The Most Famous Scientific Hoaxes of All Time
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Visual timeline of famous hoaxes

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