Vikings may have settled on Madeira island 400 years prior to Portuguese colonization

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The Archaeology News Network : Vikings may have settled on Madeira island 400 years prior to Portuguese colonization
►http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.fr/2014/04/vikings-may-have-settled-in-madeira-400.html

According to the results, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B journal, house mice may have landed on the island before 1036, most likely transported by a ship. The article suggests that the introduction of this species would result in an ecological disaster.

Une population de souris domestiques était présente à Madère quatre siècles avant la colonisation portugaise, et n’a pu y arriver que par bateau, semblant indiquer une présence Viking dans l’archipel.

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