Mystery AtlasArthur Smith Woodward
The Natural History Museum palaeontologist who described the Piltdown remains as 'Eoanthropus dawsoni' in 1912 and defended the find for the rest of his life; regarded by the 2016 investigation as a victim of the forgery, not a participant.
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Arthur Smith Woodward was a member of Natural History Museum, London — Keeper of Geology at the museum during the Piltdown announcements.
Objects & Artifacts
- Piltdown Manpresented 1912; exposed 1953
Arthur Smith Woodward is associated with Piltdown Man — Woodward described 'Eoanthropus dawsoni' and defended it for the rest of his life; the modern investigations treat him as deceived, not complicit.