Here's a fun activity that is sure to generate a lively class discussion: the great Piltdown Man Hoax of 1912. Today the Piltdown Man gets very little attention in science textbooks, but it was trendy mainstream science 90 years ago. Students need to be taught that not everything found in their textbooks are factual, and this reading explores this principle in elegant detail. There are important lessons for students to learn and explore from the Piltdown Man Hoax, and this beautifully illustrate