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Clues to Prehistoric Human Exploration Found in Sweet Potato Genome
Science ^
| 21 Jan 2013
| Lizzie Wade
Posted on 01/21/2013 8:39:59 PM PST by Theoria
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01/21/2013 8:40:04 PM PST
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Theoria
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/21/2013 8:40:49 PM PST
by
Theoria
To: Renfield
Ping...Saw your post last night about carbs and prehistoric man and thought this might be up your alley. :)
To: Theoria
After that, the Polynesians completely forgot how to get to Lima coz they ain`t been back since, if they ever sailed there at all? Why would they suddenly stop?
After all, sweet potato pie is a hot selling item in Tahiti.
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posted on
01/21/2013 9:01:43 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower.)
To: Theoria
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/21/2013 9:26:31 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: bunkerhill7
Maybe the only thing they thought worth it was the potato, and they now grow them back in Polynesia.
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01/21/2013 9:27:40 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: Theoria
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posted on
01/21/2013 9:27:47 PM PST
by
shove_it
(the 0bama regime are the people Huxley, Orwell and Rand warned us about)
To: Theoria
Yeah. Kon Tiki was a great book.
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posted on
01/21/2013 9:36:43 PM PST
by
married21
To: HiTech RedNeck
I thunk the Peruvians sailed with the sweet potatoes to Polynesia on a round-trip reed-boat vacation but got eaten by cannibals. And I can Peruv it.
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posted on
01/21/2013 9:43:17 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower.)
To: bunkerhill7
No doubt they were there to peruse...
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posted on
01/21/2013 9:47:20 PM PST
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Theoria
To: Theoria
The winds and water currents are well documented. Strange nothing was talked about.
To: Theoria
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posted on
01/21/2013 11:49:17 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower.)
To: bunkerhill7
Quechua and eatsua if I can.; yams on the side.
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posted on
01/22/2013 12:23:09 AM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: Theoria
What?
Me Worry?
(sorry, Al)
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posted on
01/22/2013 12:24:20 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Theoria
SPs have been rated twice as nutritious as regular spuds, including every other vegetable. They're easier to microwave; spoke holes down two sides, one inch apart - cook on high 6 to 10 min (depending on size and rotate when half cooked). A great topping is a mixture of of cinnamon, brown sugar, chopped pecans or walnuts and a pat (or two) of butter! ;)
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posted on
01/22/2013 12:44:09 AM PST
by
Errant
To: Theoria
Surely there is a human genome/DNA waiting to be traced that links Polys to Peru. Most likely you'd find them in Poly, ie, a Poly-Peru offspring removed back to Poly, and then hopefully generationally isolated since.
Why'd they stop coming? Fear, probably. Warfare; or disease (human, animal, food); or competing pagan ceremonies they didn't care for or didn't want to import.
To: knarf
LOL!
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posted on
01/22/2013 12:57:35 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Theoria; SunkenCiv; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
“Humans domesticated the sweet potato in the Peruvian highlands about 8000 years ago”
Prior to that the taters ran wild in roaming hordes.
To: martin_fierro
They had to catch them while they were still tater tots. Hard to milk those suckers too.
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posted on
01/22/2013 3:10:48 AM PST
by
conservaterian
(NOW can we have a conservative candidate?????)
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