Another Fake Fossil...

A fly, suspended in a chunk amber , or fossilized tree sap,
was long revered in scientific circles as a perfectly preserved specimen
from 38 million years ago .

However, New Scientist magazine reported that this prize specimen has actually turned out to be an " an entomological....
crime on par with the Piltdown hoax...

" It seems at least 140 years ago, some con artist actually sliced open
the piece of amber , made a hollow in one of the halves , and placed a
common latrine fly inside.

This " fossil " was sold to England's History Museum back in 1922 and has since been examined by top scientists ,
even being mentioned in a book on fossils as recently as 1992..