[DouglasKC]

That is one line of evidence, but not the one that interests biologists.
Are you saying that a murderer who wipes the murder weapon of his fingerprints and places it in the hands of the victim should go free because some evidence was fabricated? How about the oldest surviving Christian manuscript, The Gospel of Thomas? Shouldn't it have precedence over mere copies?

Just tell me what you expect me to say and I'll consider it.

[js1138]

Just tell me what you expect me to say and I'll consider it.

What is the best evidence thaPiltdown is a fraud? Tampering is certainly reason to disregard it as evidence FOR evolution, but by itself, tampering does not make it a fraud. What does make it a fraud? In any forensic case there are multiple lines of argument.