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Just wndering if the European archaeologists have accomplished any DNA from known Solutrean skeletons? Wouldn't they have been Cro-Magnon? I believe that we, in the present time, are under rating the abilities of peoples from the ice age period.

The Solutrean appeared in Spain 19,000 BCE ranging into France and Southern England. They disappeared from the area 15,000 BCE. Their tool making industry was different, totally new compared with their predecessors; the Mousterian. Solutrean culture did indeed use bone and antler for tools also. Cac...

I agree with you Miinimalist! While we haven't found a boat; aren't there rock carvings and paintings of boats around the country? Since these boats may have been fragile, it may be impossible to recover any in the sediments at the pre-glacial melt coastlines. No information of boat discoveries from...

Here is some news out of South Carolina for another pre-Clovis find.
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/755229.html

Thanks Sam! I haven't shared much on forums before and had to redo the URL to get it working - thanks for adding link for me.... This particular news could mean there were vastly different circumstances for travel back in those days that may have affected peoples planet wide. I keep those interactiv...

Found this article regarding scientists findings that the prevailing wind direction during the ice age - 14,000-36,000 years ago was from the East!! This might have had a great impact on peoples moving from Europe into the Americas. Just a little something new to add to the fire. Please read the art...