Here, scientists show that Europeans were present in the Americas in 1021 AD -- precisely 1000 years ago this year. This date also marks the earliest known point by which the Atlantic had been ...

"We used a solar storm, annual tree rings and cutmarks made by metal tools to show that Vikings were living in the Americas in 1021 AD, exactly 1,000 years ago. All three of our samples produced ...

Vikings were the first Europeans to reach the Americas. We now know to the year when they were there. Norse people were chopping down trees in Newfoundland in the year AD 1021, so they must have ...