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Thought to be extinct, Beothuk DNA is present in living families, genetics researcher finds
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador-beothuk-dna-steven-carr-1.5559913
Publisher: CBC News
Date Written: 08/05/2020
Year Published: 2020
Resource Type: Article
New research suggest Beothuk may be connected to other Indigenous peoples.
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Steven Carr, a biology professor at Memorial University, says his research also shows that the genetic material of the ancient Maritime Archaic people still exists to this day, centuries after they disappeared from places like Port au Choix, on Newfoundland's west coast.
Shanawdithit, the last known member of the Beothuk peopl, died in 1829. The Beothuk have long been described as extinct, but Carr says a more accurate phrasing is culturally extinct, as the sceince of DNA is now reshaping the story.
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