Latest Indigenous News – Thought to be extinct, Beothuk DNA is still present in N.L. families, genetics researcher finds

Fri, 8 May 2020 04:27:16 EDT
Demasduit painting by Henrietta Hamilton

A St. John’s genetics specialist has found DNA connections that link the long-vanished Beothuk people to contemporary people, almost two centuries after the last known Beothuk died. 

Originally posted on https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/beothuk-dna-steven-carr-1.5559913?cmp=rss