In 1921, a young lad at the age of 16 called Emile Fradin found the clay tablet which dates back to 14,000 to 16,000 years old. A vehement controversy ensued among authorities. Both the authenticity and the antiquity of the artifacts were vigorously debated. Finally in 1927 a worldwide body of Academicians was convened to settle the dispute. The blue chip panel concluded that the Glozel discoveries were outright forgeries, manufactured and planted by the young French lad to be "accidentally" discovered. The decision brought bitter disillusionment and anquish to young Fradin that can never be recompensed. Two things of extreme importance should be mentioned here: 1) this decision took place before our modern dating methods—such as Carbon-14, fission-track, fluorine, thermoluminescence, and paleomagnetism—were developed; 2) the infamous Piltdown controversy was still raging and the anthropological community was in the throes of extreme embarrassment. The Piltdown ...
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