This narrative is plausible, but it is not proved.

Each of the sites in this sequence has its own uncertainties, and the connections between them involve inference as well as direct evidence.

The narrative is the best currently available account of the available evidence, not a definitive reconstruction of historical events.

New Technologies and What They Could Still Reveal

The Bluefish Caves evidence, compelling as it is, represents what the available methods could extract from the existing collection.

The future of Bluefish Caves research — and of the broader question of the first Americans — lies partly in the application of new technologies that were not available in 2017 and that could address some of the remaining questions.