Friday, October 28, 2011

Chaotic Andean potato diversity program

Going on for millennia:
"The result was chaotic diversity. Potatoes in one village at one altitude could look wildly unlike those a few miles away in another village at another altitude."
And chuño, the dried potato that fueled conquering Inca armies:

Credit: Eitan Abramovich / AFP / Getty Images

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