Piltdown Man Poem by Ima Ryma

Charles Dawson became famous for
Discovering the missing link
Between humans and apes of yore.
But now he's famous for hoodwink.
At Piltdown pit, a skull he 'found, '
That got renowned as 'Piltdown Man.'
But really chimpanzee teeth ground
With the jaw of orangutan,
Stuck in a human jaw to fool
The world for decades as a hoax.
This only goes to prove the rule -
Tiz not too hard to fool 'smart' folks.

Inside of Dawson's skull there be
The thought of prize skullduggery.