When preconception is so clearly defined, so easily reproduced, so enthusiastically welcomed and so long accommodated as in the case of Piltdown Man, science reveals a disturbing predisposition towards belief before investigation. — John Reader Copy Share Image
The entire hominid collection known today would barely cover a billiard table, ... the collection is so tantalizingly incomplete, and the specimens themselves often… — John Reader Copy Share Image
In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the [3.6 million year old] fossil footprints… — John Reader Copy Share Image
“It is remarkable how often the first interpretations of new evidence have confirmed the preconceptions of its discoverers.” — John Reader Copy Share Image
When preconception is so clearly defined, so easily reproduced, so enthusiastically welcomed and so long accommodated as in the case of Piltdown Man, science… — John Reader Copy Share Image
![“In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the [3.6 million year old] fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at…” quote by John Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f1/john-reader-69848_andrew_in-a-manner-which-matches-the-fortuity-i_2220459.jpg)
