Let's talk about the second element of the Piltdown Man fraud which kept it alive for so long - the old (discarded) idea that evolution is a progression from "worse" to "better."
During the time when Piltdown Man was found, as stated in an earlier post, European colonial expansion was at its height. Many people in these colonial countries (but not all) found excuses in its empire building by using ideas that advanced European nations were "civilizing" these colonies. Please note that Europeans were not the only countries in history to build empires at the expense of other people - this has been going on since the dawn of time. But, European empire building occurred during a time when our understanding of nature (through the scientific method) was expanding exponentially.
A misinterpreted idea of evolution, therefore, also made the idea of "Piltdown Man" acceptable. If "higher" European civilizations were more "advanced" than other cultures, then it might make sense that "Europeans" were also more advanced in a biological sense as well. Piltdown Man demonstrated that there as a missing link between "higher" and "lower" races and this fit into the worldview of this interpretation.
More on this later.
Have a great and fraud free day
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During the time when Piltdown Man was found, as stated in an earlier post, European colonial expansion was at its height. Many people in these colonial countries (but not all) found excuses in its empire building by using ideas that advanced European nations were "civilizing" these colonies. Please note that Europeans were not the only countries in history to build empires at the expense of other people - this has been going on since the dawn of time. But, European empire building occurred during a time when our understanding of nature (through the scientific method) was expanding exponentially.
A misinterpreted idea of evolution, therefore, also made the idea of "Piltdown Man" acceptable. If "higher" European civilizations were more "advanced" than other cultures, then it might make sense that "Europeans" were also more advanced in a biological sense as well. Piltdown Man demonstrated that there as a missing link between "higher" and "lower" races and this fit into the worldview of this interpretation.
Have a great and fraud free day
http://www.tauskvega.com
-------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>gene tausk
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