Most of the events that shaped the human history of the early Pacific Northwest left no trace.

The Manis event left the most specific trace available: the physical record of the impact itself.

Science And Its Own Humility

The Manis case is also, in a quieter way, a story about the self-correcting nature of science — the process by which initial observations are tested, challenged, and either confirmed or revised in light of better evidence and better methods.

The initial interpretation that the embedded rib fragments represented a projectile point was made by Gustafson in the late 1970s.