Pilt·down man
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Definition of Piltdown man
: a supposedly very early hominid erroneously reconstructed in the early 1900s from what was later determined to be human skull fragments and an orangutan lower jaw planted by a hoaxer
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“Piltdown man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Piltdown%20man. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of Piltdown man was in 1913
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