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EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 25 MIN

Ancient tools reveal the deep history of the Four Corners Potato

from Cool Science Radio · host Lynn Ware Peek

Archaeologist Lisbeth Louderback, curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah and associate professor at the University of Utah, discusses new research suggesting Indigenous people in the Four Corners region may have begun domesticating the Four Corners potato thousands of years earlier than previously believed.

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