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University of Utah

Tiny tubers

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Louderback holds the tiny tubers of S. Jamesii, the Four Corners potato. U researchers discovered the spud's starch residues in the crevices of a 10,900-year-old stone tool in Escalante, Utah -- the earliest evidence of wild potato use in North America.

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