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Piltdown Man
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（分類学、詐欺）1912年にイングランドのピルトダウンで発見されたとされる初期人類の証拠とされたが、後に捏造と判明した事例
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(taxonomy, fraud) 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.
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Piltdown Man
The Piltdown Man hoax misled scientists for decades before modern analysis exposed the bones as a forgery.
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The Piltdown Man hoax misled scientists for decades before modern analysis exposed the bones as a forgery.
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