A couple comments on the BOC reviews

Hardman DK D.K.Hardman at CITY.AC.UK
Wed Nov 22 08:35:13 EST 1995


On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Andrew Gilham wrote:

> In-Reply-To: <199511201328.IAA21993 at mbunix.mitre.org>
>
> >   Take "Cultosaurus
> > Erectus" - where the HELL did someone come up with that?
>
> Wasn't it a pun on "Pithecanthropus Erectus"?  Now, someone fill in the
> literary allusion, 'cause I've forgotten it :)
>
> - Andy
>
Just as a guess, was Pithecanthropus Erectus the name of the famous
"Piltdown Man" missing link hoax?

Dave



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