False missing link

2019/09/20 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Eboluzioa

They were part of a skull, a jaw, and a betortz. By its characteristics it was a species between the monkey and the man, and soon began to speak of the missing link, a species that was missing in the hominid line until it reached the modern man.

But years later, A. T. Dentist Marston showed that the maxillary bone belonged to an orangutan, the veto to a monkey and the skull to a modern man (Homo sapiens). It was a puzzle between species! New bone studies showed that it was a fraud: the bones were of different species and times and were chemically treated to have a similar color.

It is not yet clear who committed the fraud. Many blame Dawson. Others, however, believe it was Sollas who did it, a rival of Woodward, to ridicule him. However, it is clear that Eoantropus dawsonii never existed, so the missing link remains lost.