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How do scientists explain the appearance of the sweet potato in both the americas and in the islands of the pacific?
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Elizabeth Belozerova
It is likely that the sweet potato, which was among the potatoes native to North and South America, was brought to the Pacific by Spanish explorers after their discovery in the New World. However, cultivation in some parts of Polynesia actually predates European exploration by about 500 years, so the possibility exists that early Polynesians traveled as far west as Central America and transplanted the sweet potato then.
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is botanically distinct from both the African/Asian yam (genus Dioscorea) and the "New Zealand yam" (Oxalis tuberosa). The continents were all connected at one time.v
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∙ 6y agoIt is likely that the sweet potato, which was among the potatoes native to North and South America, was brought to the Pacific by Spanish explorers after their discovery in the New World. However, cultivation in some parts of Polynesia actually predates European exploration by about 500 years, so the possibility exists that early Polynesians traveled as far west as Central America and transplanted the sweet potato then.
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is botanically distinct from both the African/Asian yam (genus Dioscorea) and the "New Zealand yam" (Oxalis tuberosa).
The continents were all connected at one time.
MOHAMMED HOSSAIN
During the ice-age, a group of hunter gatherers in Asia developed boating skills. They may have migrated to the islands in the pacific and then eventually sailed to the Americas.
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How do some scientists explain the appearance of the sweet potatoes in both the Americas and islands of the pacific?
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How do scientists explain the appearance of sweet potatoes in both the Americas and islands of the pacific?
Scientists propose that sweet potatoes spread across the Pacific through human migration and trade. Some believe that Polynesians introduced sweet potatoes to the Pacific Islands from South America around 1000 CE. Alternatively, it's possible that sweet potatoes had separate journeys to the Americas and the Pacific, carried by natural means or through prehistoric voyaging.
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