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Ancient Genes Reveal That Big, Bright Avocados Were Carried Through the Americas Thousands of Years Ago
DNA from 47 native landraces shows migrating humans carried avocados north, creating varieties that are genetically distinct from commercial Hass fruit.
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Humans packed avocados before migrating across the Americas 5,000 years ago
Those same ancient avocado lineages could help protect the popular fruit today. The post Humans packed avocados before migrating across the Americas 5,000 years ago appeared first on Popular Science.
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