Ars Technica |
DNA shows how the sweet potato crossed the sea Nature.com Native to South America, the tuber has proliferated through Polynesia and the surrounding Pacific islands — but no one is sure how it got there. Using genetic evidence from herbarium specimens and modern crops, researchers have now narrowed down the … Polynesians reached South America, picked up sweet potatoes, went home Clues to Prehistoric Human Exploration Found in Sweet Potato Genome |
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