40 years later scientists proved that the Piltdown man was a deliberate attempt at paleontological fraud.

40年后，科学家证明了皮尔丹人只是古生物学家们处心积虑的欺诈。

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The Piltdown man is a famous hoax in which pieces of a skull and jawbone found in 1912 were believed to be the fossilized remains of an early form of human being.

皮尔当人是次有名的骗局，多块头骨和颚骨于1912年被发现，并被认为是早期人类化石的遗骸。

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Found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, a set of intriguing skull and jaw fragments were later reconstructed by the British Museum into a human-like head with an ape-like jaw.

在英国皮尔丹的一个采砾场发现一套引起人们兴趣的头骨和颚碎片，随后由大英博物馆重新重构出一具像人类一样头骨和长着人猿般的下颚。

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Found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, a set of intriguing skull and jaw fragments were later reconstructed by the British Museum into a human-like head with an ape-like jaw.

在英国皮尔丹的一个采砾场发现一套引起人们兴趣的头骨和颚碎片，随后由大英博物馆重新重构出一具像人类一样头骨和长着人猿般的下颚。

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