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Originally Posted by onwebcam
"Ancient Greenland was green. New Danish research has shown that it was covered in conifer forest and had a relatively mild climate. The research is painting a picture which is overturning all previous assumptions about biological life and the climate in Greenland."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0705153019.htm |
Yeah, but not quite at the time of Vikings. So, think again about the name.
"New Danish research shows that large parts of Greenland were covered by forest. This was discovered by analysing fossil DNA which had been preserved under the kilometre-thick icecap. The DNA-traces are likely close to 450,000 years old"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0705153019.htm