The genes of sweet potatoes reveal that there was contact between Australasia & The Americas at least 500 years before Columbus….

2018-08-03 IFTTT, Twitter, Botanygeek

The genes of sweet potatoes reveal that there was contact between Australasia & The Americas at least 500 years before Columbus.

What is even cooler? You can also show this voyage across the Pacific just by plotting local names of the crop on a map. pic.twitter.com/8ocS2uX6NY
— James Wong (@Botanygeek) August 2, 2018

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