piltdown man

Piltdown man

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pilt-doun]
- /ˈpɪltˌdaʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pilt-doun]
- /ˈpɪltˌdaʊn/

Definitions of piltdown man words

noun piltdown man 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 in 1953. 1
noun piltdown man an advanced hominid postulated from fossil bones found in Sussex in 1912, but shown by modern dating methods in 1953 to be a hoax, which was perpetrated by a student museum assistant who was refused a wage 0
noun piltdown man 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 0

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piltdown man popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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