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Genetic Discontinuity between the Maritime Archaic and Beothuk Populations in Newfoundland, Canada.
Current biology : CB - 23 Oct 2017
Duggan Ana T, Harris Alison J T, Marciniak Stephanie, Marshall Ingeborg, Kuch Melanie, Kitchen Andrew, Renaud Gabriel, Southon John, Fuller Ben, Young Janet, Fiedel Stuart, Golding G Brian, Grimes Vaughan, Poinar Hendrik
Abstract excerpt
Situated at the furthest northeastern edge of Canada, the island of Newfoundland (approximately 110,000 km2) and Labrador (approximately 295,000 km2) today constitute a province characterized by abundant natural resources but low population density. Both landmasses were covered by the Laurentide ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (18,000 years before present [YBP]); after the glacier retreated, ice patches...
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