Criticisms of the Solutrean Hypothesis

Were the first Native Americans from Europe? Probably not.

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Eren, Metin I., et al. “More On The Rumor Of ‘Intentional Overshot Flaking’ And The Purported Ice-Age Atlantic Crossing.” Lithic Technology, vol. 39, no. 1, 2014, pp. 55–63., doi:10.1179/0197726113z.00000000033.

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Meltzer, David J. “Kennewick Man: Coming to Closure.” Antiquity, vol. 89, no. 348, 2015, pp. 1485–1493., doi:10.15184/aqy.2015.160.

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Phillips, Kelly M. “Solutrean Seal Hunters?” Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 70, no. 4, 2014, pp. 573–600., doi:10.3998/jar.0521004.0070.404.

Raff, Jennifer A., and Deborah A. Bolnick. “Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation.” PaleoAmerica, vol. 1, no. 4, 2015, pp. 297–304., doi:10.1179/2055556315z.00000000040.

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Sanchez, G., et al. “Human (Clovis)-Gomphothere (Cuvieronius Sp.) Association 13,390 Calibrated YBP in Sonora, Mexico.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 30, 2014, pp. 10972–10977., doi:10.1073/pnas.1404546111.

Straus, Lawrence Guy. “Solutrean Settlement of North America? A Review of Reality.” American Antiquity, vol. 65, no. 2, 2000, pp. 219–226., doi:10.2307/2694056.

Westley, Kieran, and Justin Dix. “The Solutrean Atlantic Hypothesis: A View from the Ocean.” Journal of the North Atlantic, vol. 1, 2008, pp. 85–98., doi:10.3721/j080527.


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