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Piltdown man

Digitally reconstructed skull (left) and the anthropology collections at the Natural History Museum Then A computer generated skull reconstruction Hominid collections at the Natural History Museum

Click on the pictures to see how scientists might reconstruct the skull of Piltdown Man differently today.

Skull reconstruction

The vast evidence we have today of early humans leaves less room for speculation about what our earliest ancestors looked like. With the help of today's collections and computer technology, we would be more confident of building an accurate reconstruction of the Piltdown skull today.

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Hominid collections at the Natural History Museum
A computer generated skull reconstruction