These are outright fraud in the name of getting recognition or attention. Why will someone join skulls together just to be able to discover a link between man and ape? Well, the 1912 was a long time when modern science was still in its infancy so it is normal. The alien one still stay in the mind of a lot of people and some still believes there is a cover up and that aliens actually exists.
RE: The Six Biggest Scientific Hoaxes of All Time