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rowantula posted:
neolithic inhabitant of the andean plateau: hmm i wonder if there are any good edible tubers growing around here
the humble potato: [picture of a puppy covered in dirt, resembling a potato]
rowantula posted:
neolithic inhabitant of the andean plateau: hmm i wonder if there are any good edible tubers growing around here
the humble potato: [picture of a puppy covered in dirt, resembling a potato]
It would be paleolithic no? (Assuming it even makes sense to apply the three ages system to the Americas). Potatoes were domesticated sometime between 8000 and 6000 BCE making it one of the first crops cultivated in the region. Nevermind the fact that the wild ancestor of the potato was probably consumed long before domestication.