References
- Discovering fossils:
general information about fossil collecting in the UK - The scientific method:
explored as part of the Museum's Darwin Centre experience
Piltdown man
How does a typical excavation today compare with Dawson and Woodward's work at Piltdown? Click on the picture to explore.
1. In the field | The camera
Filming a fossil excavation
©The Natural History Museum
When excavating any site today, scientists make detailed records about the place they are working at. They take photographs of the fossils before they remove them from the earth, which will later be used to assess what brought the bones to their final resting place in the ground. The lack of records and notes taken by the men at Piltdown would certainly raise suspicion among scientists today.
