Archaeologists probe oldest, deepest part of Meadowcroft Rockshelter

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3. What's the point of linking to the newspaper?

I could point out to them that their choice of words in saying "didn't come through the interior of the continent" is misleading in a way that suggests the writer didn't understand the topic he/she wrote about. Or, that their quote of Adovasio saying "whilst" is probably incorrect because he is an American who does not use that Britishism in his speech.

But my interest here is the archeological studies of Meadowcroft, not journalism.

I have met Dr. Adovasio and his staff in their offices and volunteered at one of his department's digs in northwestern PA that was required field practice for his students. No major (and very few minor) discoveries were made, but it was a great chance to discuss ideas and theories with experienced and knowledgeable people on the arrival of humans in North America. Their views pretty much coincided with what I said in my earlier post.

That was about 25 years ago. Your OP interested me in seeing what else they are finding at Meadowcroft.

That line about the inability to cross the interior of the continent caught my attention because it is often an opening line for people (usually white supremacists) who claim that the Americas were not populated by people from Asia. I am NOT saying that you or the newspaper subscribe to that view. I was just clarifying how it likely happened that people reached Meadowcroft so early since the article's writer was so vague and unclear about it.