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Some scholars argue that Celtic place names needn't be a sign of pre-Norse settlers.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

He added: "Is similar evidence to be found in Iceland, where similar arguments are made for a pre-Norse presence, and for which tantalisingly similar archaeological, pollen-analytical and human DNA are forthcoming?"

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

Mesoamerican writing is believed to have arisen independently of Old World writing, because there is no convincing evidence for pre-Norse contact of New World societies with Old World societies possessing writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond