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The So-Called Piltdown Man Was Once Considered an Unusual and Perplexing

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The so-called Piltdown Man was once considered an unusual and perplexing human ancestor, but it turned out to be the jaw of a young orangutan attached to a Homo sapiens skull. What dating technique exposed the Piltdown fraud?


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Reaction

A process in which substances interact, resulting in the formation of new substances with different physical and chemical properties.

Organic Chemistry

The branch of chemistry devoted to the study, understanding, and manipulation of carbon-containing compounds.

Major Organic Product

The primary product formed in the highest yield during an organic chemical reaction, determined by the reaction conditions and mechanism.

Reaction

A conversion process in which initial substances or reactants are turned into a different set of substances, known as products.

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