The 24,000-Year-Old Bones Found In A Yukon Cave — And The Cut Marks That Pushed Humans In North America Farther Back In Time
Archaeological collections accumulate over decades, but the analytical tools for extracting maximum information from those collections are continuously improving.
Revisiting old collections with new methods is one of the most productive research strategies available, and the Bluefish Caves reanalysis is one of the best recent examples of this approach.
The Continuing Critique
Archaeology rarely settles its debates cleanly, and the Bluefish Caves story is no exception.
Even following the 2017 paper, questions and critiques have been raised about the evidence and its interpretation.
Some researchers have raised questions about the specific taphonomic attributions made in the 2017 paper.