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Kenneth Oakley | |
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| Born | April 7, 1911 |
| Died | November 2, 1981 |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | relative dating of fossils by fluorine content |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physical anthropologist |
Kenneth Page Oakley (b. April 7, 1911 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire – d. November 2, 1981 in Amersham) was an English physical anthropologist, palaeontologist and geologist.
Kenneth Oakley, known for his work in the relative dating of fossils by fluorine content,[1][2] was instrumental in the exposure[3] in the 1950s of the Piltdown Man hoax.
Publications
- Piltdown man, Bobbs-Merrill, 1955
- Man the Tool-Maker, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 1967
- The succession of life through geological time, British Museum, 1967
- Frameworks for dating fossil man, Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 3rd ed, 1969
- Catalogue of Fossil Hominids: Africa, British Museum, 1977
- Catalogue of Fossil Hominids: Americas, Asia, Australia, Smithsonian Institution Proceedings, 1981
- Relative dating of the fossil hominids of Europe, British Museum, 1980
References
- ^ "Kenneth Oakley" (html). Encyclopædia Britannica online.
- ^ Devon Lippincott. "Kenneth Page Oakley" (html). Minnesota State University, Mankato EMuseum.
- ^ Sarah Lyall (25 May 1996). "Piltdown Man Hoaxer: Missing Link Is Found" (html). The New York Times.
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