Beyond the Manis site itself, the broader Olympic Peninsula has been relatively understudied for pre-Clovis and early Holocene human occupation.

The peninsula’s complex geology, its wet climate, and the challenges of working in dense forest have made archaeological survey more difficult here than in some other parts of the Pacific Northwest.

But the existence of the Manis site — on the drier northeastern edge of the peninsula, where organic preservation has been possible — suggests that other sites in similar environments may exist and may yield comparable or additional evidence.

The technology that has been applied to the Manis rib has also continued to advance.