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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 06/13/2012 : 21:33:41
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If you know this face, please post the name below.
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“I belive in the Separation of Church and Planet.” —Eric Idle
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15542 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2012 : 05:29:07 [Permalink]
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| Hint #1: This person likely said something like "Plant 'im down!" to a workman. |
“I belive in the Separation of Church and Planet.” —Eric Idle
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15542 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2012 : 09:54:47 [Permalink]
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| Hint #2: At his museum, he was said to be "a mouse-hair cataloger". |
“I belive in the Separation of Church and Planet.” —Eric Idle
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 06/14/2012 10:00:53 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15542 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2012 : 10:22:47 [Permalink]
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| Hint #3: In his day, he was called "Scandal's Whore", even by his own Mum. |
“I belive in the Separation of Church and Planet.” —Eric Idle
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15542 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2012 : 21:22:02 [Permalink]
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| Hint #4: This person was an Englishman. |
“I belive in the Separation of Church and Planet.” —Eric Idle
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 06/15/2012 : 00:46:03 [Permalink]
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| Hint #5: This person was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries London, among other honors. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Free The West Memphis Three |
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Convinced
Skeptic Friend
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2012 : 08:37:40 [Permalink]
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Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (Eph 5:15-17) |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15542 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2012 : 09:44:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Convinced
Charles Dawson
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BINGO! Charles Dawson (anagrammatic Hint #3), amateur archaeologist (Hint #2) and fame-seeker, is now considered the main, perhaps only, conspirator in perpetrating the infamous "Piltdown Man" (Hint #1) hoax.
Per Wiki:| At a meeting of the Geological Society of London held on 18 December 1912, Charles Dawson claimed to have been given a fragment of the skull four years earlier by a workman at the Piltdown gravel pit. According to Dawson, workmen at the site had discovered the skull shortly before his visit and had broken it up in the belief that it was a fossilised "coconut". Revisiting the site on several occasions, Dawson found further fragments of the skull and took them to Arthur Smith Woodward, keeper of the geological department at the British Museum. Greatly interested by the finds, Woodward accompanied Dawson to the site where, although working together between June and September 1912, Dawson alone recovered more fragments of the skull and half of the lower jaw bone. |
The Piltdown hoax was doubted by many scientists, but was kept alive for decades by the sheer authority of its supporters and the nationalist factor that England wanted to have a "first Englishman," especially since Germany and France had their own ancient human fossils. The Piltdown skull was simply a modern skull with an orangutan jaw attached and chimp teeth added. These were chemically stained to appear very old. Dawson died long before his hoax was busted in 1953.
One more (very easy) one, folks, then I'll announce the winners for the first 100 Faces! |
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