[Virginia-American]

...since the combination of a human-like cranium with an ape-like jaw tended to support the notion then prevailing in England that human evolution was brain-led.

So it is clear that at the time, leading evolutionists such as Woodward championed the discovery of Piltdown man as evidence of the theory of evolution being right.

No, it was supposed to be evidence for the highlighted theory about human origins. The ToE itself was not in question.

[Oztrich Boy]

No, it was supposed to be evidence for [the notion then prevailing in England that human evolution was brain-led] about human origins.

The old Ape-man vs Dawn-Man argument: fun while it lasted.

But Creationists won't let it die, too easy to argue "look these two groups of scientist prove each other wrong, why not just believe the Truth of Middle-Eastern Mythology"