It is enriched by Manis: the site adds a specific, well-documented data point to an increasingly complex picture that is gradually replacing the simple Clovis-first narrative.

But it does not, by itself, answer the fundamental questions about timing, routes, and ancestry that define the study of the first Americans.

And there are questions about Manis itself that have not been answered.

Was the mastodon’s death caused by the rib injury, by other injuries delivered in the same attack, by injuries from a different encounter, or by unrelated causes?

Were other weapons involved in the same attack?