The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived – and they brought their sheep with them.

In both studies, the barley and sheep poop were not native to the islands. "Sheep … arrived on the Faroes with their human friends," Curtin said. "The Vikings didn't arrive until 800 or 850 [CE]." ...

And the evidence comes from an unusual source: ancient sheep poop. The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD, about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived, ...

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New research suggests Celtic people—and their sheep—arrived on the Faroe Islands more than 300 years before the Vikings. Kallerna via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Around 850 C.E ...

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By Ashley Strickland, CNN. The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD, about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived, according to new research.