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The Piltdown Fossils Man

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The Piltdown fossils man was the missing link between apes and humans found in 1911 and 1912. The fossils included a portion of the skull, a jawbone and a few teeth. The relics were said to be found in Piltdown, England by workers digging a pit. The scientist discovered that the jaw and teeth were not the same age as the skull and were not even fossils, just old
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