Neanderthal Man -- is now accepted as a genuine human.

Cro-Magnon Man -- is now accepted as a genuine human.

Piltdown Man -- has been proven to be a deliberate hoax.

Java Man -- has been proven to be a deliberate hoax.

Nebraska Man -- has been proven to be an over-optimistic mistake. They found one tooth and from this constructed the whole man. Later, they discovered the tooth came from a pig.

Peking Man -- probably was a hoax. The bones have been lost.

Zinjanthropus -- studies show this was only a primitive ape.

Lucy -- strongly suspected of having been fully ape. Only 40% of its bones were found. It was believed to be human due to its angled femur, although all tree climbing monkeys have angled femurs. A knee bone was found 1.5 miles away from the other bones and 200 feet deeper in the strata . This knee was claimed to be Lucy's.