Only after scads of doctoral candidates had written their theses on this fake, assuming it was real. Piltdown Man isn't the only fraud, btw, that was later debunked.
I admit that science works. I have a fascination with science, and as a layman do quite a bit of reading on such subjects, particularly astrophysics. But I would say, again, that evolution, as a theory, does not lend itself to the scientific method -- it's never been observed, and the assumptions from the fossil record (i.e., conclusions from opinion, or "best guess") cannot be replicated in the laboratory. In fact, it is the relentless nature of scientific inquiry which today is chipping away at the basic tenents of evolutionary theory, and which will one day conclusively prove evolutionary theory is an wholy inadequate and false explanation of the origin of species. I love the way, over the last 20 years or so, the microbiologists have tied the paleontologists into knots.
I read one scientist who said that the theory of evolution wasn't very sound, but it was the best explanation science had come up with. I will admit that evolution is the best explanation there is for the origin of life....if one discounts the possibility of an intelligent Creator.
And, unfortunately, this seems to be the principle driving force behind the theory of evolution: a denial of God, not scientific integrity.
If one discounts the supernatural? Why, that would be positively... scientific?