HOMINIDAE

ANCESTRIES OF THE MAN IN THE POSTAL STAMPS

 

GUINEA

(KONACRI)

Over 40 years, Piltdow Man shown to be a composite forgery.

Eoanthropus dawsoni

Rep. Guinea

Yvert nš.

The Latin name Eoanthropus dawsoni was given to the specimen.

J. S. Weiner was an eminent paleontologist. In 1953 he realized that Piltdown man might have been a hoax. J.S. Weiner, Sir Kenneth Oakley and Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark jointly exposed the hoax.

Postal Stationery

The Piltdown Forgery:

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