Mummified poop reveals pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean consumed a diversity o

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DNA analysis of mummified poop reveals two pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures ate a wide variety of plants, like maize, sweet potato, and peanuts—and tobacco and cotton traces were detected too, according to a study published October 11, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jelissa Reynoso-García from the University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, and colleagues.

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-mummified-...ltures.amp
 see also, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl...ne.0292077

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Didn’t know cotton was edible?

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The article said it could be a remnant of the seeds from pressing it for oil or, that seeds may have ended up in the mouth of those who worked with the cotton.