Darwin-L Message Log 7:77 (March 1994)

Academic Discussion on the History and Theory of the Historical Sciences

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<7:77>From LANGDON@GANDLF.UINDY.EDU  Mon Mar 21 07:32:21 1994

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 07:32:21 -0600
From: "JOHN LANGDON"  <LANGDON@GANDLF.UINDY.EDU>
To: darwin-l@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: PILTDOWN

In message <01HA4J04Y8M8936TN1@vax.clarku.edu>  writes:

> I should like to know what Darwinians think about the recent identification
> of Arthur Keith as collaborative Piltdown hoaxer.  I think this
> identification is even less persuasive than my identification of Lewis
> Abbott.  Cordially, Charles Blinderman, Clark University

I agree. For the rest of the readership, I commend your ultimate solution:
         Blinderman, CS. 1986. The Piltdown problem solved. J. Irreproducible
             Results 31:2-6.
For those who don't buy conspiracy theories, try mine:
         Langdon, JH 1991. Misinterpreting Piltdown. Current Anthropology
             32(5):627-631.
But if you think there is a consensus, see
         Drawhorn, GM 1994. Piltdown: Evidence for Smith Woodward's complicity.
             Amer. J. Phys. Anthrop. (Suppl. 18):82.

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