Charles Dawson
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Charles Dawson was a British amateur archaeologist who claimed to have made a number of archaeological and palaeontological discoveries that were later exposed as frauds. These forgeries included the
A replica of the Piltdown Man skull.
The Piltdown Man jaw (B) compared to the jaws of a female orangutan (A) and a modern man (C).
Three CT scans of the Piltdown Man's canine that display the root of the tooth which was compared to apes (a), the loss of enamel (b & c), and dotted lines that indicate how the undamaged root would appear (b & c).
Living entombed animal
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Living entombed animals are animals supposedly found alive after being encased in solid rock, coal, or wood for a long period of time. The accounts usually involve frogs or toads. No physical evidence
Charles Dawson
…the final phases of Roman occupation in Britain at Pevensey Castle in Sussex. Investigating unusual elements of the natural world, Dawson presented a petrified toad inside a flint nodule, discovered a large supply of natural gas at Heathfield in East Sussex, reported on a sea-serpent in the English Channel, observed…
A mummified toad within a hollow flint nodule, presented by Charles Dawson and claimed to have been found by workmen in a Lewes quarry around 1900. It is thought to be a fake. Booth Museum, Brighton