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And finally, here is a list of some publishing’s from the time period that seem to make the 500 claim more likely than dishonest as you imply.
Perhaps you would like to support that claim with referenced quotes. Because it looks to me as if you are just trying to bury the evidence under a pile of links.
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Moving on, I am sure you think that none exist, so let me ask you a question. Why does a site that is famous for knocking creationists and intelligent design proponents (Wikipedia) also even admit that there were at least 250?
It doesn't- which may be why you didn't provide the quote. Here's what it says:
The examination and debate over Piltdown man caused a vast expenditure of time and effort on the fossil, with an estimated 250+ papers written on the topic
Papers need not be - and usually aren't - doctoral dissertations. as should be perfectly obvious to anyone who spends a moment's thought on the matter. Note also that it does not estimate how many of those papers were against Piltdown, although the very presence of a debate suggests some controversy. In fact by my reading Piltdown was considered irrelevant by many even before it was exposed, and certainly some of the papers must have been arguing that.
Wikipedia again:
However, over time the Piltdown man lost its validity, as other discoveries such as Taung Child and Peking Man were found. R. W. Ehrich and G. M. Henderson note, To those who are not completely disillusioned by the work of their predecessors, the disqualification of the Piltdown skull changes little in the broad evolutionary pattern. The validity of the specimen has always been questioned.
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