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Vikings were in North America 1,000 years ago, study finds

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The study, published in Nature, is new evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021.

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  1. The Hill

    New study pinpoints exact year Vikings arrived in Americas (opens The Hill)

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    Vikings were in Canada as early as 1021 AD.

  2. NBC10 Philadelphia

    In Tree Rings and Radioactive Carbon, Signs of the Vikings in North America (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Vikings from Greenland — the first Europeans to arrive in the Americas — lived in a village in Canada’s Newfoundland exactly 1,000 years ago, according to research published Wednesday.

  3. New York Times

    Vikings Were in the Americas Exactly 1,000 Years Ago (opens New York Times)

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    By studying tree rings and using a dash of astrophysics, researchers have pinned down a precise year that settlers from Europe were on land that would come to be known as Newfoundland.

  4. FOX 5 New York

    Vikings were in North America in 1021, researchers say (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    According to new research, Vikings reached the shores of North America nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

  5. Science News

    Vikings lived in North America by at least the year 1021 (opens Science News)

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    Wooden objects provide the most precise dating yet of a Norse settlement in Newfoundland.

  6. The Guardian

    Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago (opens The Guardian)

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    Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus

  7. Forbes

    Scientists Identify Viking Presence In North America Centuries Before Columbus (opens Forbes)

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    Previous estimates were based on oral histories and archaeological analysis.

  8. Fox26 Houston

    Vikings were in North America 1,000 years ago, study finds (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    The study, published in Nature, is new evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021.

  9. Delaware Public Media

    Researchers put a date on when the Vikings arrived in Canada: exactly 1,000 years ago (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    It's long been known that the Vikings arrived in the Americas sometime before Christopher Columbus. Now, a new article in the journal Nature pinpoints the exact year: 1021.

  10. CBS News

    Vikings landed in North America more than 470 years before Christopher Columbus, new research shows (opens CBS News)

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    A solar storm and chopped wood proved that Vikings were present in Newfoundland, Canada in 1021 AD.

  11. Science Alert

    Breakthrough Discovery Shows Vikings Were Active in North America 1,000 Years Ago (opens Science Alert)

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    New archaeological evidence has allowed scientists to refine the timeline for the Viking presence in North America.

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