Response to “Current Understanding of the Earliest Human Occupations in the Americas: Evaluation of Becerra-Valdivia and Higham (2020)”

Abstract

This is a response to a critique, “Current Understanding of the Earliest Human Occupations in the Americas: Evaluation of Becerra–Valdivia and Higham (2020)”, made by Potter et al. (2021) on one of our previous publications (“The timing and effect of the earliest human arrivals in North America”; Becerra–Valdivia and Higham, 2020, Nature). Here, we address their concerns and clarify their misunderstandings.