The Hourglass Cave case is, in the end, unique.

There is no close analogy that fully explains it.

The man was there.

He is among the earliest well-dated humans from the Rocky Mountain high country.

His DNA places him in the founding haplogroup of all Native American peoples.

And the reason he was there is unknown.

Looking Back Across Eight Thousand Years

Eight thousand eight hundred years is a span of time that is difficult to genuinely feel, even if it is straightforward to state.