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    This wild potato may change the agricultural story in the American Southwest – Starchy residue preserved in ancient stone tools may rewrite the story of crop domestication in the American Southwest
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    This wild potato may change the agricultural story in the American Southwest – Starchy residue preserved in ancient stone tools may rewrite the story of crop domestication in the American Southwest

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    1. Boltzmann_head on

      >… may rewrite the story of crop domestication in the American Southwest…

      … but almost certainly will not.

    2. Laughing_Zero on

      Had to look it up… a potato that’s not going to go into my garden. A lot of effort to render it edible.

      Solanum jamesii (common names: wild potato or Four Corners potato)[1] is a species of nightshade. Its range includes the southern United States. **All parts of the plant, and especially the fruit, are toxic, containing solanine when it matures.**

      [**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii)