The Calaveras Skull: The Practical Joke That Almost Changed Human Evolution

Criminalia

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When a group of miners uncovered a skull deep in a mine shaft on the western slopes of Bald Mountain in Calaveras County, California, it was believed, at least initially, to be a history-changing discovery. The owner of the mine didn't know at first what it was that he'd dug up that day in 1866. And when he shared it with those who might, including the State Geologist of California, things went a bit, well, off the rails.

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