Faking our origins
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- Falsification
Abstract
This article makes an approach to the false historians in Prehistory, specifically in the field of Human Evolution, an area in which some of the most arduous historical controversies have been developed since the beginning of the discipline. The objective, far from being an exhaustive collection of cases or an interpretation of controversial findings, tries to offer a general vision of the presence of the "false historians" in a field, as it is the human evolution, traditionally favorable for the creation of myths, considering that each new fossil has importance and can change the evolutionary line or the antiquity of our species.
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