Piltdown Man And Eurocentric Research

When we think of prehistoric things they may think of things of the past, but with the breakthrough unearthing of the Kennewick Man transformed peoples thought of prehistoric existences. The Kennewick Man or “The Ancient Man” is the name given to the skeletal remains of a man found in Kennewick, Washington on July 28,1996. A pair of bystanders accidentally found the skeleton remains of the Kennewick Man. With the discovery it has brought up many disagreements about what to do with the Kennewick man. The question now is who is really responsible for the remains of the Kennewick Man.

The infamous event of the Piltdown hoax is one that continues to draw speculative attention over a century after the initial announcement of the paleoanthropological findings. Although many scientists, especially those involved in the field of paleoanthropology, would like to forget the incident entirely, the Piltdown man—taxonomically referred to as Eoanthropus dawsoni—is perhaps the greatest hoax in anthropological history. By 1912, British archaeologists and paleontologists were desperate for a significant paleoanthropological finding that would provide the missing link between humans and apes in hominin evolution (Prosser, 2009). The Piltdown man was originally a famous finding that straddled the human-animal boundary, dichotomously

Archaeology is the study of the ancient past, through the recovery and analysis of material culture. During the development of archaeology, various different kinds of scientific techniques have been established to aid in archaeological investigation. Recent archaeological techniques and processes such as Scanning Electron Microscopy, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and Radiocarbon Dating are utilised to help better understand a civilisation, specifically the site of Lindow Man. These modern methods have supported in recognizing Lindow Man’s identity and important information regarding his death such as his appearance, his stomach content, what he had eaten prior death and his age. This information has since helped lead scientists to believe in

On July 28, 1996, two young men discovered a skull of a man, which was exposed by erosion, on the bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. The police were called to investigate and that was when the rest of the skeleton was found. This skeleton was soon named “Kennewick Man,” although the Native American Indians referred to the skeleton as “The Ancient One.” According to the Smithsonian’s top physical anthropologist, Doug Owsley, this was one of America’s most important skeletons. It was an exceptionally rare discovery and for its age, it was one of the most complete skeletons ever found. Scientists said it could provide an extraordinary insight into America’s early inhabitants. Doug Owsley says that Kennewick Man is causing scientists to rethink how humans first came to this continent. After a long process of both controversy and scientific research, conclusions were eventually made about the Ancient One about who he was and where he came from.

The 19th century was one of the most revolutionized eras in the history of the world. It is in this time period that the power shift was on a constant stir; empires falling, empires rising, and important discoveries that would change the world forever. Many Significant theories and belief systems were established, as well as the rise of some of the potent people in history. One person that is remembered for his work and celebrated for his theories is English biologist and scientist Charles Darwin. He is the sole theorists who conjured up the idea of human evolution, commonly known today as “Darwinism”. In effort to ensure this is recognized this paper continues on into the life of Charles Darwin, his story, his achievements,

Although Darwin’s (1809-1882) work in evolutionary observation might appear radically different from those focused on other areas, the theories he developed from these observation lead to such groundbreaking publishing’s as The Origin of Species. These intern caused an upset within the then accepted norms of philosophy and religion, had a profound impact on the academia, and further

At the beginning of the 1800s, scientists knew of some kinds of fossils, and were very aware of homologous and vestigial structures. Many scientists suspected that some kind of evolution had given rise to living things around them. However, they had no theory to explain how evolution might have occurred. Two scientists led the way in the search for a mechanism of evolution. The first was Jean Lamarck. The second was one of the greatest figures in biology, Charles Darwin.

I decided to use the term "missing link" simply because around that time, scientists believed Piltdown man was, in fact, the "missing link" to our lineage from which we evolved. I did not use it because I believe it is an accurate depiction of the primate lineage. The faults which persuaded the perpetrator, or perpetrators, would depend on who was the one behind the Piltdown hoax. For instance, years later after Piltdown man was exposed as a hoax, a trunk with Martin A. C. Hilton's initials were found in the attic of the Natural History Museum after his passing. In in they discovered bones with carvings and stains similar to those of Piltdown man. Martin A. C. Hilton was known to not be very fond of Charles Dawson, his drive. Charles Dawson,

“Forbidden archeology” is the terminology used to describe the alternative theories that are held against mainstream science in regards to human origins and the history of both us and our ancestors. Within forbidden archeology is scientist and specialist on the subject Cremo, who suggests that there is adequate proof that modern man did not evolve as previously thought from

Owsley theory on The Kennewick Man is based on the study of the skeleton and is an expert on bones. According to Owsley, compared to Native Americans "[The Kennewick Man] is a much narrower and longer — relatively longer — cranium, and the way the base of the cranium is configured" (Joyce). The “Americas” in the series First People disputes this by explaining that how humans look today greatly vary from our past because of our changed lifestyle. When humans wanted to make something in the past, they had to remember how to create it and then make it with their own hands. Today humans rely on the intelligence and innovation of society to make things for them. For example, if humans today wanted shoes, they would buy them while the first peoples of the Americas would have to make shoes themselves. In addition, the first peoples of the Americas needed to know where to find food from different sources in their environment. In the past, people relied on a small select group of people to provide everything they needed to survive and store that knowledge, cultivated over generations, in their brains. From these lifestyle changes, the skulls and brain of humans have shrunk from the first peoples of the Americas to people today (Americas). In conclusion, Owsley conclusion based on the study of The Kennewick Man skull and body should be inconclusive due to human evolution. The Kennewick Man can provide evidence for human evolution due to the fact his DNA “is closer to modern Native Americans than to any other population worldwide” (Rasmussen) and his skull differs greatly from Native Americans today

This lead to the explanation of human evolutionary theory; which begun with the Chimpanzees, then the bipedal species, and homo. Which then lead to the evolvement of humans after the homo. Biologist, Grove however, did not believe this was true, he believed that humans were already existing during the same time in a different region. In his study

During the early 19th century, scientists, archeologist and other scholars, speculated, studied and disagreed about the development of humans and our origins. Some experts theorized that humans are monogenism and developed into various varieties of species. Others argue that we

       In the article, "Natural History of Homo erectus" by Susan C. Antón discussed our view of H. erectus is different today than when Pithecanthropus erectus, then only the second fossil hominin taxon to be discovered, was described by Dubois (1894) (Antón, C. Susan, 162). H. erectus was the most primitive and smallest-brained of the fossil hominins (Antón, C. Susan, 162). Therefore, early observations expended significant effort showing that the Indonesian fossils from Trinil were actually hominins (Antón, C. Susan, 162). Thus, it took the dismissal of Piltdown and the broad acceptance of Australopithecus as a hominin ancestor, along with the substantial Asian

The Mysterious Origins of Man are a documentary filmed in 1996. The documentary argued that mankind has lived on the Earth for tens of millions of years, and that mainstream scientists have suppressed the fossil evidence for this. Some material included was based on the controversial Forbidden Archeology, a book written by Hindu creationists Michael Cremo and Richard L. Thompson about abnormal archeological finds reported mainly in early scientific journals. It also included interviews with people of different views to fortify their argument such as, creationist Carl Baugh on the Paluxy tracks controversy; Richard Milton, author of Shattering the Myths of Darwinism, on Lucy (oldest skeleton of an upright humanoid discovered);

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace like so many of their predecessors made observations of natural phenomena that inspired proposals of how life on earth evolved, unlike others these men formed plausible explanations of how the changes in populations occurred without having any knowledge of Mendelian genetics which was presented in 1868, and provided the micro-mechanism for evolution that Darwin could never explain with his theory of Pangenesis. Rather, based solely on the observations each made over time observing different species of populations around the world, both men were able to pen the ideals that would serve as the foundation of the modern theory of evolution.