Our speaker will be Dr. Bill Orr. Online details TBA.
Since fossils were first collected there has been an active commerce in faking and selling facsimiles. Collectors are willing to pay high prices for beautifully prepared fossil specimens. While most fake fossils are easily recognized as such, there are examples that have fooled even the experts. Today most of the fake fossils are being produced in China and Morocco but the practice is widespread. This talk will discuss, with visuals, fake fossils as well as some of the ways they are recognized. Some of these, like the Pilt Down man and the Cardiff giants are quite famous.