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August 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Potatoes may have given Indigenous Andeans a digestive superpower
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Science Daily - Top News
A new study suggests Indigenous Peruvians developed a genetic advantage for starch digestion due to potatoes becoming a staple food, providing strong evidence of diet shaping human evolution.
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