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Piltdown man — [pilt′doun΄] n. a supposed species of prehistoric human presumed on the basis of skull fragments found in Piltdown (Sussex, England) about 1911 and exposed as a hoax in 1953 … English World dictionary
Piltdown Man — Not to be confused with The Piltdown Men. Group portrait by John Cooke, 1915. Back row (from left): F O Barlow, G Elliot Smith, Charles Dawson, Arthur Smith Woodward. Front row: A S Underwood, Arthur Keith, W P Pycraft, and Sir Ray Lankester. The … Wikipedia
Piltdown man — /pilt down / a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis… … Universalium
Piltdown man — noun a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax • Syn: ↑Piltdown hoax • Hypernyms: ↑primitive, ↑primitive person * * * Piltdown man [Piltdown man] a type of ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Piltdown man — /ˈpɪltdaʊn mæn/ (say piltdown man) noun a supposedly very early form of the human species, Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from bone fragments found at Piltdown, Sussex, England in 1912; these were shown in 1953 to have been assembled… …
Piltdown man — Pilt′down man [[t]ˈpɪltˌdaʊn[/t]] n. pan a hypothetical early modern human whose existence was inferred from bone fragments allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but identified as a hoax in 1953 … From formal English to slang
PILTDOWN MAN — a skull discovered at Piltdown Common, England, between 1909 and 1915, and seemed to prove the truth of the THEORY of EVOLUTION. It was exposed as a clever forgery in 1953. The ROMAN CATHOLIC theologian Pierre TEILHARD DE CHARDIN appears to… … Concise dictionary of Religion
Piltdown — Das Bild zeigt (von links) F. O. Barlow, Grafton Elliot Smith, Charles Dawson, Arthur Smith Woodward (stehend), Arthur Swayne Underwood, Arthur Keith, William Plane Pycraft und Ray Lankester (sitzend). Der Piltdow … Deutsch Wikipedia
Piltdown-Mensch — 50.9876820.062727999999993 Koordinaten: 50° 59′ N, 0° 4′ O … Deutsch Wikipedia
man — n. 1) an average; fat; grown; handsome; middle aged; old; short; tall; thin; ugly; wise; young man 2) Cro Magnon; Heidelberg; Java; Neanderthal; Paleolithic; Peking; Piltdown man 3) a divorced; family; married; single man 4) a con, confidence;… … Combinatory dictionary
