The Piltdown Chicken
image National Geographic gets prehistoric egg on its face.


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Good article. It proves that we must all seek facts and not accept information as a fact only because it seems to verify our opinions.
Posted by Jerold Roth  on  Thu Jun 23, 2005  at  01:55 PM
i just bought this issue on ebay for $3.29 + shipping
Posted by isaiah  on  Sat Oct 28, 2006  at  11:32 AM
Oh my gosh I had no idea this was a fake! I remember reading this article when it came out; I'm not sure how I could have missed the post-post apology!
Posted by Becca  on  Sat Sep 08, 2007  at  11:58 PM
well, there was a positive ending to this hoax. the "composite fossil" turned out to be pices of a dinosaur-like bird and a birdlike dinosaur, which have been followed by numerous finds of genuine feathered dinosaurs and toothey, clwed birds in the liaoaning province.
Posted by Henry  on  Mon Mar 10, 2008  at  06:08 PM
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