Modern Potato Had Roots in Peru

BBC ^ | 4 Oct 2005 | Staff

[Our_Man_In_Gough_Island]

I believe even the most strict anti-evoluntionists allow for some degree of genetic change in domesticated plants.

[IrishCatholic]

Actually it is an eloquent statement of intelligent design! :-)

[xcamel]

And the "french fry" being the epitome of "imbecilic design"

[SunkenCiv]

A Blast from the Past. No ping, just adding to the catalog.

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[fish hawk]

Me too. I like the "couch potato" the best.

[add925]

Dammit....somebody always beats me to it ;^)

[elli1]

Wild potatoes

[blam]

Potatoes Came From Peru, US Study Finds

[porkchops 4 mahound]

"Tubers Uber Alles!"

Motto of the Vegetable Liberation Front, (VLF).

(No justice, No fries.)

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Bump for reference.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Slice a Potato close to the skin and rub it on a wart to remove the wart (heard it works) !

[A knight without armor]

I did not know that!

Had a baked potato for supper. I'm a potato-onion-sour cream person.

[Dustbunny]

US scientists have found that all modern varieties of potatoes can be traced back to a single source - a spud grown in Peru over 7,000 years ago.

Odd that this is 'news' now, we learned that in high school.