Box of bones 'clinches' identity of Piltdown palaeontology hoaxer
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An examination of the bones contained in a trunk, found under the roof of London's Natural History Museum, proves that the fossils found in Piltdown, England, in 1912, are not authentic. A curator of zoology at the museum prepared the fossils using the chemicals that are found on the Piltdown remains. The evidence proves the curator, Martin A.C. Hinton, to be the main fraudster in the famous paleontology hoax who duped Arthur Smith Woodward, keeper of paleontology at the museum.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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Deep roots for the Neanderthals: Palaeontology
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The anatomy of Neanderthals has been described in detail but there have been fewer bones available from those who preceded the Neanderthals. However, since the mid 1980s palaeontologists have been studying a cache of human fossils from an ancient cave in northern Spain, which reveal much about the people preceding the Neanderthals. The bones were aged at a minimum of around 200,000 years, based on electron-spin resonance and analysis of uranium isotopes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Princess of palaeontology: Mary Anning came from humble origins to find fame as a fossil hunter on England's south coast. Others took credit for her discoveries but it was said of her that she understood more of the science than 'anyone else in the kingdom'
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Mary Anning of Lyme Regis first became famous as the discoverer of the exotic fossil creatures of the Lower Jurassic. In the 1820s the concept of deep time was only just starting to take hold, and in 1837 Anning was described as the princess of palaeontology. She had a talent for finding, assembling and evaluating fossils and recognized the huge antiquity of them. However most of her discoveries bear the names of those who purchased specimens from her.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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