An analysis of a finger bone believed to belong to missing pilot Amelia Earhart has been completed, but results remain unclear, according to a professor’s report.
All samples tested could not produce verifiable human DNA, suggesting there is an insufficient amount of quality DNA or the DNA is nonhuman, according to Cecil Lewis’ report.
“Although the results were inconclusive, the analysis’ results present a lot of very new good and exciting information,” said Jana Smith, director of Strategic Information for Research and Development.
Lewis, working for OU’s Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, analyzed the bone found by the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery on an expedition to find Earhart’s remains on Gardner Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Lewis will present an explanation of the analysis at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Stephenson Research and Technology Center Atrium on OU’s Research Campus.
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