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[narrator] Piltdown man is the smoking gun that proves Darwin right
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Piltdown man is thesmoking gun that proves Darwin right

[narrator] Piltdown man is the
smoking gun that proves Darwin right

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[narrator] Piltdown man is the smoking gun that proves Darwin right.
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6 seconds
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31
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:32
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E06 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:04
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E10 Spending a lot of time working on a deer skull - Strangest Things 00:08
Spending a lot of time working on a deer skull
S01 • E08 That makes it much stronger and more rigid - Strangest Things 00:05
That makes it much stronger and more rigid
S01 • E02 So to test this theory, someone has actually - Strangest Things 00:10
So to test this theory, someone has actually
S01 • E07 At heart he was an astronomer. But he was - Strangest Things 00:06
At heart he was an astronomer. But he was
S01 • E09 Unfortunately, there's one very big problem with this. - Strangest Things 00:05
Unfortunately, there's one very big problem with this.
S01 • E01 [Narrator] For years, archaeologists have no explanation - Strangest Things 00:07
[Narrator] For years, archaeologists have no explanation
S01 • E05 [Andrew] As those rotors keep on moving, - Strangest Things 00:05
[Andrew] As those rotors keep on moving,
S01 • E06 [Kevin] In 1898, - Strangest Things 00:05
[Kevin] In 1898,
S01 • E03 When you pass a current through that solution, - Strangest Things 00:08
When you pass a current through that solution,
S01 • E04 Experts ship in a cutting edge - Strangest Things 00:12
Experts ship in a cutting edge
S01 • E07 He was really interested in the nitty gritty science of - Strangest Things 00:05
He was really interested in the nitty gritty science of
S01 • E09 The Piltdown man could not be the missing link. - Strangest Things 00:04
The Piltdown man could not be the missing link.
S01 • E08 This is actually about the right ratio that we use for 22 karat gold today. - Strangest Things 00:06
This is actually about the right ratio that we use for 22 ka...
S01 • E01 The first clue is uncovered on an expedition - Strangest Things 00:08
The first clue is uncovered on an expedition
S01 • E06 [narrator] The runes translation - Strangest Things 00:12
[narrator] The runes translation
S01 • E07 [narrator] Whatever format Sagan chooses to carry his message to the stars - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] Whatever format Sagan chooses to carry his messag...
S01 • E05 And that pattern of apparently random letters - Strangest Things 00:06
And that pattern of apparently random letters
S01 • E03 And what you ends up with is a really thin layer of gold onto the metal surface. - Strangest Things 00:06
And what you ends up with is a really thin layer of gold ont...
S01 • E09 [narrator] What gives this audaciously fake skull away? - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] What gives this audaciously fake skull away?