After the Piltdown man it would be the Peking Man. All the bones disappeared in WW II, and some, who saw the original bones, said the reproductions look nothing like the real ones.
Greatest scientific frauds?
1. Anthropogenic climate change.
2. High-carb/low-fat food pyramid.
3. Homosexuality is fabulous!
I get the point, but unless I missed it, he does not once say “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.” A very poorly written article.
Damn you! Its science! You must trust the science no matter how many times they oie to us!
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. what a crock that was, but it was taught to me as evidence for darwinism in bio-anthro back in the 70’s.
as the great scientist Dick Feynman used to say: “Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts.” to which i would add ‘and also the conviction that many of my colleagues are stone cold liars.’
My favorite was Nebraska man.
I don’t know but Lucy has got to be right up there with those two frauds.
I mean there’s no shortage of them.