The Andes and the Himalayas are two of the most impressive mountain ranges on Earth, but they differ in many fascinating ways ...

A Chilean observatory has unveiled the largest telescope in the world, equipped with a simply massive camera and capable to ...

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

Nine million years ago, in the shadow of the rising Andes Mountains, a key ancestor of the beloved modern-day potato was born ...

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The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains before becoming ...

The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America ...

An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like ...

The soil in high-elevation, cooler, drier tropical forests in the Colombian Andes stores more carbon from fires than lower, ...

Modern potatoes came from an ancient mix of tomato and Etuberosum plants. The mix created tubers, letting potatoes store food ...

Tracing the potato’s deep ancestry, researchers have revealed a surprising origin story: modern potatoes emerged from natural interbreeding between tomato relatives and a wild-potato-like species ...

Food staples are crucial foods that often make up the majority of a population's diet. These can include foods like rice, ...