When workers digging in a gravel pit near Piltdown England in 1912 discovered a collection of bones the scientific world was turned on its head as the ancient remnants seemed to be the so called ""missing link"" between apes and humans. Many scientists heralded the finding as confirmation of Darwin's Theory of Evolution. But it proved to be an astonishingly effective hoax not a vital clue to mankind's past! Because the bones were so brilliantly doctored it took 41 years before they w
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Part of the documentary series examining unexplained phenomena around the world This volume takes a look at the infamous hoax of the so-called &39;Piltdown Man&39; the human remains discovered in 1912 and believed to provide crucial evidence for Darwin&39;s evolutionary theories It was to take 41 years so cunning was the fraud for experts to determine that the bones were not in fact human but those of an ape Using rare archive footage and photographs as well as period accounts and interviews this documentary uncovers the scientific scandal and attempts to discover who might have been responsible
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