The 2017 study did not claim to have resolved every possible objection; it claimed to have provided the most compelling available evidence for human presence at Bluefish Caves during the Last Glacial Maximum, using the best methods available.

The scientific debate continues, as it should.

More recent work on the Bluefish Caves material has continued to refine the picture.

Zooarchaeological analysis of the horse exploitation evidence from the site has contributed to understanding the specific pattern of animal use at the site, and this work has generally been consistent with the interpretation of systematic human butchery rather than purely natural accumulation.

The broader debate about pre-Clovis occupation of the Americas has also continued to develop, with new sites and new evidence contributing to a picture that is increasingly inconsistent with a strictly defined Clovis-first model while still leaving many specific questions about the timing, route, and character of the initial dispersal unresolved.