The Tomato Twist That Created the Potato 9 Million Years Ago

Scitech Daily ^ | August 07, 2025 | Cell Press

[oldtech]

Explain to me how they knew of this 9 million years ago. Obviously we have no record of anything going back that far. Sounds like another scientific wild guess to me without proof & I doubt that the Bible offers any proof of this.

[tumblindice]

Mr. Potatohead was a tragic figure. He died of a brain tuber.
RIP Mr. P.

[crosdaddy]

🤣

[smokingfrog]

Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.

Some plants have a huge amount of DNA sequencing, much more complicated than human DNA. From a logical and evolutionary point of view, you’d think that more advanced life forms would have more complicated DNA. I’m not sure how they explain that.

[Ezekiel]

As a result of all that, there would potentially be a lot of tater tots.

Remember the great Artemis (Diana) of the Ephesians?! Well there you have it. Now it all makes simple sense:

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[redinIllinois]

Great song!!

Thanks for posting..

[Rennes Templar]

Soviet influence on potato evolution was accelerated after the Spudnik launch.

[SunkenCiv]

I’m just glad someone’s getting the root of the mystery.