Originally Posted by
Doc
Little by little, reliable artifacts and fossils that can be dated reliably are being found and the date for populating the Western Hemisphere is slowly being pushed back, from the 7,000 to 11,000 years believed during the Twentieth Century to 14,000 and earlier in the Twenty First Century. The evidence is also beginning to support a multiple colonization theory, meaning the accepted Bering Strait immigration of 11,000 years or so ago along with a European and/or North African immigration(s) time yet unknown but could be earlier. Probably the most significant thing today is that the once set-in-concrete Clovis Theory is now vulnerable to competing theories as the weight of contrary evidence grows. With any luck or justice, some finds once dismissed as impossibly old will get another look and may find acceptance. There are one or two very old finds that were impeccably researched and dated but rejected by the PtB as out of the realm of possibility. Science has often ignored good evidence for a time, only to accept the findings later. I hope I get to see a lot more finds like these most recent re-discoveries!