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Piltdown Man Hoax: Days That Shook the World

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

On 20 November 1953, news breaks that one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the century is an elaborate hoax. Heralded as the "missing link" between ape and man and proof of Darwin's theory of evolution, the remains of the earliest human being - known as "Piltdown Man" - were revealed to be a cleverly constructed forgery.
(Revised repeat from BBC4)

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Director:
Tanya Cheadle
Executive Producer:
Chris Kelly
Source: Radio Times

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