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Evolutionary origins of the potato revealed – and a tomato was involved  Reuters What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato.  The New York Times Potatoes from tomatoes? Popular starchy vegetable derived from ancient interbreeding, researchers say  CBS News Scientists finally know where potatoes come from—and the answer is very weird  National Geographic Remarkable News in Potatoes: They Evolved From Tomatoes  The Atlantic Source link

When it comes to the senses, there could not be a greater difference between Friday night chips and juicy Mediterranean tomatoes. However, scientists have discovered that these two foods are not so far from each other after all. Landmark research has found the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor nearly 9 million years ago. Wild tomatoes, which grew in the …

Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.  The Washington Post ‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find  The Guardian Scientists finally know where potatoes come from—and the answer is very weird  National Geographic Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.  Live Science Potatoes Evolved From … Tomatoes?  The Atlantic …