
Dr. Gregory L. Little | Denisonvan Origins: The Giants, The Mounds, & The Path of Souls
Solutrean Migration and the Younger Dryas Catastrophe
The Solutrean culture of Europe, known for distinctive fluted spear points, is theorized to have migrated to North America via an Atlantic ice bridge approximately 20,000 years ago. This group likely merged with existing populations to form the Clovis culture. This era of human development was significantly impacted by the Younger Dryas event, a sudden global cooling around 9600 BC.
