An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
483. The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man
August 11, 2024
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Charles Darwin
Context:
Referenced when discussing Darwin's theory of evolution and noting that he was too nervous to include his theory about human evolution in this earlier work
Author: Charles Darwin
Context:
Mentioned as Darwin's 1871 book that advanced the theory that humans, like all animals, are a product of evolution - the theory he had been too nervous to include in Origin of Species
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Referenced as a novel published in 1912 (the same year as the Piltdown discovery) featuring an expedition to find dinosaurs and ape men as missing links. The hosts note Conan Doyle lived near Piltdown and had met Dawson
Author: Arthur Smith Woodward
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Woodward's book about Piltdown Man, in which he describes finding the elephant bone that looked like a cricket bat
Author: Miles Russell
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Referenced as Miles Russell's most recent book that conclusively proves Charles Dawson was responsible for the Piltdown Man hoax, described as doing 'what it says on the tin'