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483. The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man

2024/8/11
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Tom: 本期节目讲述了皮尔唐人事件,一个在1912年发现的史前人类头骨,最初被认为是英国发现的最早的人类遗迹,并被视为人类进化中的一个重要环节。这一发现引发了英国社会的极大兴奋,并增强了英国的民族自豪感。然而,随着时间的推移,越来越多的证据表明皮尔唐人是一个精心策划的骗局。节目中详细介绍了皮尔唐人的发现过程、相关的科学争论以及最终被揭露为骗局的过程。 Dominic: 皮尔唐人的发现与当时英国的社会和政治背景密切相关。1912年,英国正处于民族自豪感和对外国竞争的担忧交织的时期。皮尔唐人的发现被视为英国在科学领域领先地位的象征,并被用来支持英国的种族优越感。然而,这一发现最终被证明是一个骗局,揭示了科学界中存在的偏见和欺骗行为。节目中分析了皮尔唐人事件的社会背景,以及它对科学和社会的影响。 Dominic: 皮尔唐人事件的揭露过程漫长而复杂,涉及到多种科学方法和技术的应用。最初,皮尔唐人的真实性得到了许多科学家的认可,但随着时间的推移,越来越多的证据表明其存在问题。最终,通过对化石进行氟分析等现代科学技术手段的检测,皮尔唐人被证实为一个骗局。节目中详细介绍了皮尔唐人事件的揭露过程,以及现代科学技术在揭露骗局中的作用。 Tom: 皮尔唐人事件的造假者身份一直是一个谜团。节目中探讨了几个可能的嫌疑人,包括查尔斯·道森、亚瑟·史密斯·伍德沃德、阿瑟·基思、皮埃尔·泰雅尔·德·夏尔丹以及马丁·欣顿。最终,节目中通过对证据的分析,认为查尔斯·道森是皮尔唐人事件的造假者。道森是一位乡村律师,对考古学有着浓厚的兴趣,并曾做出过一系列令人惊叹的发现。然而,这些发现中的许多都被证明是伪造的。节目中分析了道森的动机,以及他如何成功地欺骗了科学界。

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In 1912, a skull discovered in Piltdown, Sussex, was hailed as the "missing link" between apes and humans. This discovery caused excitement in British society, seemingly confirming Darwin's theories and suggesting that humans may have originated in England.
  • The discovery included a human-like skull and a chimpanzee-like jawbone.
  • It was considered older than Neanderthal Man, boosting British national pride.
  • The find suggested humans may have evolved in England, challenging the prevailing belief of European origins.

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In Sussex, in 1912, men quarrying in a gravel pit near Piltdown village turned up a human skull. According to Charles Dawson, a lawyer and amateur archeologist with a remarkable track record for finding ancient treasures, it belonged to a palaeolithic man, possibly millions of years old, and was therefore the earliest trace of mankind ever found in England. Greater still, Piltdown man as he came to be known, seemed to be the ‘missing link’ between apes and men. The discovery inflamed and delighted British society, confirming and buttressing dearly held beliefs about the evolution of modern Europeans, and radically transforming understandings of the origins of humanity. In the wake of the find and the widespread corroboration of its authenticity by some of the best academics of the age, further digs were conducted in the area, which unearthed even more wondrous discoveries - a jawbone, primitive tools, and strangest of all, a cricket bat; perhaps the first hint that all was not as it seemed…was the greatest discovery of all time nothing more than an audacious and extraordinarily skilful hoax? And if so, who was the culprit in this grand mystery? 

Join Tom and Dominic, as they describe the most mystifying archaeological discovery in English history, and one of the most unscrupulous tricks of all time, revealing as they do the truth behind the history of mankind.


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