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Professor J. S. Weiner
Pretoria born scientist who became Reader in Physical Anthropology at Oxford. In 1953 he famously exposed the Piltdown Man as a fraud
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In this photograph, Professor J.S. Weiner, a renowned South African-born scientist, is seen in deep contemplation amidst a vast array of ancient fossils and archaeological artifacts. Born in Pretoria, Weiner's intellectual journey led him to become a distinguished Reader in Physical Anthropology at the University of Oxford. However, it was his groundbreaking work in exposing one of the most notorious hoaxes in scientific history that would secure his place in the annals of anthropology. The Piltdown Man, discovered in 1912 in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. For decades, it was celebrated as the most significant fossil find in human history. However, in 1953, Weiner, working in collaboration with several other scientists, revealed the Piltdown Man to be a forgery. The fossil, it turned out, was a combination of a modern human skull and an orangutan jawbone, cleverly manipulated to deceive the scientific community. Weiner's unwavering dedication to the truth and his meticulous analysis of the Piltdown Man's anatomy exposed the hoax, shaking the foundations of anthropological knowledge. This photograph captures the moment of quiet reflection as Weiner ponders the profound implications of his discovery, surrounded by the very evidence that brought him to this pivotal moment in scientific history. The Piltdown Archive, now housed in the Sussex University's Special Collections, preserves the extensive documentation of this intriguing episode in scientific history. Weiner's unwavering commitment to uncovering the truth, even in the face of widespread acceptance of the Piltdown Man as authentic, serves as a testament to the importance of rigorous scientific inquiry and the power of the scientific method.
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