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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tomatoes and potato-like plants called Etuberosums share a common ancestor from 14 million years ago. “Our findings show how a ...

Random mating between wild tomato plants and potato-like species 8 million to 9 million years ago may have given rise to one of our favorite carbs: the potato. Together with 107 extant, wild potato ...

The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains before becoming a key crop the world depends on. But because plants don’t preserve well in ...

Potatoes might be one of your favorite foods, whether baked, fried, or mashed. But have you ever wondered where they came from? Scientists have finally uncovered a surprising family secret about ...

Ketchup and fries make a tasty pair. But the connection between tomatoes and potatoes may go beyond making a good meal: Potatoes today might have evolved with help from an early tomato, according to a ...

They’re one of the world’s most important food crops and delicious roasted, mashed or fried, but the exact genetic origins of the humble potato have long been something of a mystery to scientists. Now ...

A surprising potato–tomato tryst about nine million years ago might have led to the characteristic underground tuber of the modern potato (Solanum spp.) 1. The evolution of that tuber has been a ...

Americans love potatoes. And while we love our tater tots, our hash browns, and not-so-French french fries, the delicious vegetable’s origins had been enshrouded in mystery – until now. “We’ve finally ...

An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like species from South America about 9 million years ago gave rise to the ...

The potato came from a surprising mashup. Spuds are a basic, delicious food for millions worldwide, yet their origin and evolution have long been a scientific mystery. Not anymore, scientists say. The ...

Etuberosums (left) are potato-like plants that don't grow tubers, but potato plants (right) evolved to grow them. - Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen/Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences ...