Sweet potato DNA indicates early Polynesians traveled to South America
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org)—A French based research team has found DNA evidence in sweet potato samples that suggests that early Polynesian explorers visited South America. Those early explorers, the researchers write in their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, brought the sweet potato back with them when they returned from their long voyages.