The potato is one of the world’s food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before spreading globally from the 16th century. But despite its importance ...

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Instead, parts of the Andes look like they sprung from sudden upward pulses in the crust throughout the Cenozoic era — Earth's current geological period, which began roughly 66 million years ago.

About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the ...

Scientists have traced the potato's origin back nine million years, revealing it arose from a chance hybridization between a ...

Detrital isotopic record of a retreating accretionary orogen: An example from the Patagonian Andes. Geology, 2024; DOI: 10.1130/G51918.1 Ian W. D. Dalziel, Maarten J. de Wit, Keith F. Palmer.

The slopes of the Andes are home to the world's largest centers of biodiversity: vicuñas, llamas, spectacled bears, and Andean foxes can be found in the longest mountain range on earth—spanning ...