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

question 44

Multiple Choice

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?

• A) fluorine absorption analysis
• B) potassium-argon
• C) carbon-14
• D) electron spin resonance
• E) thermoluminescence

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Visual Stimuli

Objects or situations that are seen and stimulate the visual senses, often used in cognitive and perceptual research.

Monocular

Pertaining to, involving, or affecting only one eye.

Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

A part of the thalamus involved in the processing and relay of visual information from the retina to the visual cortex.

Fovea

A tiny pit located in the macula of the retina that provides the clearest vision of all.