| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-268) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Unfinished -- 1. Curtain Falling - a paleontologist retires -- 2. The Oldest Humanoid - man's brain, jaw of a beast -- 3. Challenging the Skull - mistake or missing link? -- 4. The Sheffield Park Find - a matter of probability -- 5. Curtain Rising - the unthinkable is thought -- 6. Pursuing Dawson - master of the intermediate -- 7. List of Suspects - then there were eleven -- 8. The Writer Accused - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- 9. The Priest Accused - Teilhard de Chardin -- 10. The Anatomist Accused - Sir Arthur Keith -- 11. The Wizard of Lewes - a very curious career -- 12. Return to the Pit - how it was done -- Epilogue: Finished? |
| Subject |
Piltdown forgery -- History.
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| ISBN |
0679444440 (acid-free paper) |
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9780679444442 (acid-free paper) |
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