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Darwin’s theory of evolution
Controversial
What did Darwin’s theory imply?
That natural selection was random, it rejects religious ideals and implies humans are just animals
What was the Piltdown Man?
Fossil of a skull fragment and jawbone found in Sussex by Charles Dawson in1912
Initial feelings surrounding Piltdown Man?
The ‘missing link’ that proved Darwin’s theory, offered a Eurocentric model of human evolution
1st early human fossil
1857 Germany - Neanderthal
1891
‘Java Man’ - Homo erectus
1953
Piltdown Man = hoax
Reason for the Piltdown Hoax
British superiority (pre WWI)
Science is neutral, politics is not
how nationalism influences science & public opinion
Non-British scientists were always sus
Social Darwinism
Different classes of ppl are more or less evolved
Piltdown Man used as ‘proof’ of eugenics & Social Darwinism
Impact of the Piltdown Hoax
1. Belief in brain evolution b4 body
2. Real fossils were ignored
3. Wasted time & effort
4. Creationists quote the hoax as evidence of deceit by palaeontologists
