Usually means: Hoax involving fake prehistoric human.
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noun:  A locale in East Sussex, Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom
noun:  Ellipsis of Piltdown Man. [(taxonomy) A supposed early human theorized from bone fragments said to have been found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, in 1912, but later identified as a forgery.]

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