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The Secret Behind Indigenous Andeans’ “Digestive Superpower” May Be Potatoes


Summary: Scientists have uncovered evidence that the domestication of potatoes in the Andes influenced the evolution of human metabolism. A new study suggests ancient potato farming in the Andes may have shaped human evolution in an unexpected way. Indigenous communities in the Andes were the

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