Days That Shook the World

Season 2, Episode 7

Episode Title: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man

Air Date: 2004-11-22

Overview:

September 1824 and 20 November 1953 Two archaeological 'discoveries' which profoundly altered our understanding of the natural world: the first unearthing of the bones of an ancient giant reptile, and the astonishing discovery of the 'missing link' between ape and man - soon to be revealed as an elaborate hoax.