[icclearly]

“But it is a close to scientific certainty now that humans got to southern Chile roughly 30,000 years ago, and various places in between, and that they got here via the Pacific coast route.”

You just may be right.

But you're surely bucking the "narrative."

From what I see, the narrative is just another word for "That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!"

Just remember, "trust the science" except when it's not the truth, which may be a frequently occurring phenomenon.

[Openurmind]

I think I need to point out that what you quoted was what I quoted from Thud’s comment. My own comment about a southern route is after that. Did you mean to reply to Thud or me?