English Explanatory Dictionary

Piltdown Man

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A supposed early human theorized from bone fragments said to have been found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, in 1912, but later identified as a forgery.

Word forms

Piltdown Man

Synonyms

Eoanthropus dawsoni

Derived words

Piltdown man Piltdown men
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