{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kuitems M"],"funding":["European Research Council"],"pagination":["388-391"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8770119"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["601(7893)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Transatlantic exploration took place centuries before the crossing of Columbus. Physical evidence for early European presence in the Americas can be found in Newfoundland, Canada<sup>1,2</sup>. However, it has thus far not been possible to determine when this activity took place<sup>3-5</sup>. Here we provide evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021. We overcome the imprecision of previous age estimates by making use of the cosmic-ray-induced upsurge in atmospheric radiocarbon concentrations in AD 993 (ref. <sup>6</sup>). Our new date lays down a marker for European cognisance of the Americas, and represents the first known point at which humans encircled the globe. It also provides a definitive tie point for future research into the initial consequences of transatlantic activity, such as the transference of knowledge, and the potential exchange of genetic information, biota and pathologies<sup>7,8</sup>."],"journal":["Nature"],"pubmed_title":["Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021."],"pmcid":["PMC8770119"],"funding_grant_id":["714679"],"pubmed_authors":["Doeve P","Dee MW","Erdil P","Ledger PM","Scifo A","Lindauer S","Vermeeren C","Friedrich R","Kuitems M","Wallace BL","Lindsay C","Forbes V","Jenkins K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021.","description":"Transatlantic exploration took place centuries before the crossing of Columbus. Physical evidence for early European presence in the Americas can be found in Newfoundland, Canada<sup>1,2</sup>. However, it has thus far not been possible to determine when this activity took place<sup>3-5</sup>. Here we provide evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021. We overcome the imprecision of previous age estimates by making use of the cosmic-ray-induced upsurge in atmospheric radiocarbon concentrations in AD 993 (ref. <sup>6</sup>). Our new date lays down a marker for European cognisance of the Americas, and represents the first known point at which humans encircled the globe. It also provides a definitive tie point for future research into the initial consequences of transatlantic activity, such as the transference of knowledge, and the potential exchange of genetic information, biota and pathologies<sup>7,8</sup>.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2025-04-18T17:08:55.269Z","creation":"2025-04-07T04:44:04.277Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8770119","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34671168"],"doi":["10.1038/s41586-021-03972-8"]}}