After the publication of my book earlier this year, @aeonmag kindly invited me to write an article summarizing what I see as the current scientific understanding(s) (yes, plural) of the initial peopling of the Americas. It was just published today! 🧵aeon.co/essays/the-fir… This is going to be a short thread because I have to report for surgery in an hour and need to get ready. I also probably won’t be in any condition to respond to replies for a few days, apologies for that.