[genefromjersey]

Clovis man was NOT first: a fact that has been proven over and over;not that that deters the stubborn handful who resist the truth.

It's a bit like some of the academics who still insist Marxism is the wave of the future:they said so,and they published reams of papers,and staked their reputations on the premise,therefore,they cannot be wrong !

As to the "Solutrian Solution"....very few take it seriously-tempting as it might be.

[Chris Talk]

Humans were at the Meadowcroft rockshelter of Avella, PA, near the WV state line west of Pittsburgh, 19000 years ago.

They were also at Cactus Hill near Petersburg, Va. in that same time frame. It is this site that is most convincing for Solutrean contact. It is not surprising to me that Solutrean artifacts and culture could remain in use by the few who had crossed the Atlantic, well after such had been replaced by other styles of artifact in Europe.