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🔬 Science
May 12, 2026 at 09:13 PM
Potatoes Didn't Just Feed Ancient Indigenous Communities in the Andes—the Tasty Tubers Also Reshaped People's DNA
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
A new study reveals ancient Indigenous Andeans developed extra copies of a gene for starch digestion, a genetic adaptation linked to their potato-rich diet.
genetics
potatoes
Andes
human adaptation