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Potato ceramic from the Moche culture (Larco Museum Collection). The potato was the first domesticated vegetable in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BC.
Learn how the potato, a native Andean crop, became a global staple and a driver of modern agriculture. Explore the history, ecology and culture of the potato and its impact on human societies.
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- Charles C. Mann
Learn how the potato, domesticated in the Andes 10,000 years ago, became a global food crop that fed millions, fuelled empires and shaped the environment. Discover how the potato arrived in Europe, overcame resistance, prevented famines and sparked the Irish potato famine.
The potato was first domesticated in southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia by pre-Columbian farmers, around Lake Titicaca. Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the S. brevicaule complex.
May 15, 2007 · For a simple, brown tuber, potatoes have a long and storied history. Ancient Incans worshipped them; the Irish blamed them for a famine. Today, they are the fourth largest food crop in the world. Now, scientists have shed new light on just where these tubers came from.
Potato slowly evolved into its current form in the South American Andean highlands between Peru and Bolivia. Human settlers reached that part of our world around 15 thousand years ago, and managed to domesticate wild potato around 8 millennia BC.
Mar 17, 2009 · Learn how the potato, a native of South America, became a staple food in Europe and Ireland, and how it influenced culture, health and politics. Read an excerpt from a book by John Reader, who explores the potato's origins, varieties, uses and controversies.
