Which of the following primed scientists and the British public for the Piltdown find?

A. the emergence of Theosophy in the late 1800s and its claims about the ancient past
B. the backlash against evolution by literal believers in the Bible
C. the British propensity for embracing whimsical notions, like fairies
D. mistaken expectations about human evolution and the desire for an early British fossil ancestor
E. growing interest in science as a consequence of the rise of modern industrialism