A Preliminary Analysis of the DNA and the Diet of the Extinct Beothuk: A Systematic Approach to Ancient Human DNA
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie Kuch
Darren R. Gröcke
Martin C. Knyf
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
Ban Younghusband
et al.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 132, no. 4, April 2007, pp. 594-604
Description
Study of two Beothuk individuals found a possible gen flow, or a common ancestral link, between Beothuck, who became extinct in the 1820s, and the current Mikmaq population. Data from one individual were also found to not support the belief that the Beothuk were of European-Native American descent.