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DNA links sought to 500-year-old mystery man
Researchers in Alaska collect DNA from more than 50 Southeast Native donors to test kinship to Kwa day Dan Sinchi known as Long Ago Man Found. The preserved, headless body dates 1415 to 1445 robe and hat hint at Tlingit and interior origins as teams study intermarriage and trade patterns for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Loretta Marvin
British Columbia
Marvin
Kwaday Dan Sinchi
Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
British Columbia-Yukon
Chuck Smythe
Sealaska Heritage Foundation
Sarah Gaunt
Champagne
Canada
Yakutat
Klukwan
Haines
Sealaska
Harriet Rappier
Klukshu
Yukon
Rappier
Great Britain
Australia
Gaunt
Smythe
Cheddar
England