noun
Piltdown Man
Refers to the fraudulent fossil once presented as a missing link between apes and humans. Used in historical and scientific contexts.
ピルトダウン人は、20世紀初頭に発見されたとされる化石人類の捏造事件として知られている。
The Piltdown Man is known as a fossil human forgery case that was claimed to have been discovered in the early 20th century.
From English 'Piltdown' (the location in England) + 人 (じん, 'person'). The term refers to the fraudulent fossil Eoanthropus dawsoni.