RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 06 December 2021
The Tiwanaku culture rose to dominance millennia ago thanks in part to potato power, which people in the region still rely on today. Credit: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty
Hailed a superfood, quinoa has seen its popularity soar in the past decade. But the grain-like seed was already prized some 3,000 years ago: researchers have found that it helped to fuel an ancient Andean civilization in an inhospitable climate through centuries of political upheaval1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03583-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03583-3
