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The Piltdown Mandible
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  • Published: 13 November 1913

The Piltdown Mandible

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IN The British Journal of Dental Science of October 1, there are published some excellent radiograms of the Piltdown mandible and of a chimpanzee's, the views having been taken from the side and from above.

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WATERSTON, D. The Piltdown Mandible . Nature 92, 319 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/092319a0

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