Reginald Allender Smith (1873 – 18 January 1940) was an archaeologist of Palaeolithic to late Anglo-Saxon materials.
He was first appointed to a job at the British Museum in 1898, and was succeeded by T D Kendrick upon his retirement from the role of Keeper.
[2][1] He was on the side of the skeptics during the inquiry as to whether or not Piltdown Man was genuine, known for having offered a single line of testimony concerning a "bone implement" purported to be a tool.
He remarked simply, it was reported, on "the possibility of the bone having been found and whittled in recent times.
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