What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...

The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains before becoming a key crop the world depends on. But because ...

New research traces the genetic ancestry of the popular root vegetable to a brief plant romance millions of years ago.

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the modern-day cultivated potato ...

The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant and potato-like species that lacked the engorged ...