In the early part of the century a rancher and geologist, Harold Cook, found a human looking tooth in Nebraska. He sent it to paleontologist Henry Osborn. Osborn thought it looked apelike and announced a possible find. He made many casts of the tooth and sent them all over the world for experts to examine.
Most had serious doubts about the tooth. An illustrator for a popular magazine of the time, (think National Enquirer), did a highly imaginative drawing of an apeman.
Scientists of the time NEVER embraced the find as anything of importance. It was the popular press that touted it as a "missing link" type and played up the find. With more evidence gathering and further testing, SCIENCE showed the initial interpretation to be wrong.
Asgara
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