[ForGod'sSake]

From the article:

If such an artifact was found, the researchers say, it would raise questions about whether the earliest inhabitants of North America came across the Bering Strait from Asia. Instead, they may have arrived by boat in South America and journeyed northward.

Holen said that would raise doubts about the long-held scientific doctrine that humans have been in North America for about 11,500 years.

"There is a strong contingent that still believes that," he said. "We're going to do what we can to disprove that."

Aren't there numerous sites in North America pushing 20,000+ years old? Gotta wonder if these people get out much.

FGS

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... yeah, but with every shovel of dirt they're still burying alive some Clovis First and Only types. They've got to be circumspect and diplomatic.