This article is about the human skull discovered in Calaveras County. For the Mexican cultural depictions of skulls, see Calavera.
The Calaveras Skull, from William Henry Holmes' preliminary debunking of it
The Calaveras Skull (also known as the Pliocene Skull) was a human skull found in 1866 by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was presented as evidence that humans were in North America as early as during the Pliocene Epoch (at least 2 million years ago), and which was used to support the idea the humans, mastodons, and mammoths had coexisted. The skull was later revealed to be a hoax, although it is now known that humans, mastodons, and mammoths had indeed coexisted, but much more recently (during the Pleistocene Epoch: at least 12,000 years ago). Coincidentally, calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls.
The CalaverasSkull (also known as the Pliocene Skull) was a human skull found in 1866 by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was presented...
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the discovery of the CalaverasSkull, allegedly uncovered by a miner 130 feet beneath the surface of the earth. Eventually the skull made its way into the...
up calaveras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calavera (Spanish for skull) or its plural calaveras, may refer to: Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped...
south forks in Calaveras County to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in the city of Stockton. The Spanish word calaveras means "skulls." The river...
main symbol of the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday. Skull-shaped decorations called calaveras are a common sight during the festivities. When tattooed...
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Current newspapers dedicate calaveras literarias to public figures, with cartoons of skeletons in the style of the famous calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada...
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originally 'unearthed'. It was also used to disprove the validity of the CalaverasSkull, the first use of fluorine dating on human bone. Göksu, H. Y., M. Oberhofer...
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received positive reviews from several critics. The CalaverasSkull, a human skull found by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was purported to prove...
photographed various representations of skulls, which he refers to as calaveras (the Spanish word for 'skulls'); Jackson refers to groups of these photos...
archaeologist whose Middle Paleolithic finds were declared forgeries CalaverasSkull ("discovered" 1866), purported to prove that humans lived in North...
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and his gang, although James's role is disputed. February 26 – The CalaverasSkull is discovered in California. Purported to be evidence of humans in...
markings which appear to be letters of an unknown alphabet CalaverasSkull — a human skull that was thought to prove the existence of Pliocene-age man...
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