Piltdown Man

English Proper noun Piltdown Man en taxonomy 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. en Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art 1914 Henry Fairfield Osborn https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43820/pg43820-images.html The Piltdown man of Sussex, England. Antiquity variously estimated at 100,000 to 300,000 years. The ape-like structure of the jaw does not prevent the expression of a considerable degree of intelligence in the face. Synonyms Eoanthropus dawsoni species Derived terms en Piltdown man Piltdown men Translations forged bone fragments of an early human German: de Piltdown-Mensch m Portuguese: pt Homem de Piltdown m en Hominids en terms derived from toponyms