Teach-worthiness: ••••/4
The Boldest Hoax is about the faked "piltdown" man whose remains were fabricated in England in the early twentieth century. The movie discusses what was faked and attempts to sketch the likliest culprit for faking it. The story is a good example of scientists failing to be dispassionate and using their science to promote themselves or their agenda rather than acting as ideal "dispassionate" investigators. This movie would be good to see in an evolution unit to discuss whether or not scientists are able to separate themselves and their activity from their
[Can be checked out from
Timberland Regional Library.]