Kenneth Oakley

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Kenneth Oakley


Born
in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, The United Kingdom
April 07, 1911

Died
November 02, 1981

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Kenneth Page Oakley (7 April 1911 – 2 November 1981) was an English physical anthropologist, paleontologist and geologist.

Oakley, known for his work in the relative dating of fossils by fluorine content, was instrumental in the exposure in the 1950s of the Piltdown Man hoax.

Oakley was born and died in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

Publications:

Piltdown man, Bobbs-Merrill, 1955

Man the Tool-Maker, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 1949, 6th edition 1972

The succession of life through geological time, British Museum, 1967

Frameworks for dating fossil man, Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 3rd ed, 1969

Catalogue of Fossil Hominids: Africa, British Museum, 1977

Catalogue of Fossil Hominids: Americas, Asia, Australia, Smithsonian Institution Proceed
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Man the Tool-Maker

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The succession of life thro...

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Frameworks for Dating Fossi...

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TOOLS MAKYTH MAN

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Man The Tool-Maker

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Tools Makyth Man. An origin...

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The Earliest Fire-Makers. A...

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“The most satisfactory definition of man from the scientific point of view is probably Man the Tool-maker.”
Kenneth Oakley