
Salsa Primeval: 52-Million-Year-Old Tomatillo Found
The fossilized fruit, a cousin of tomatoes, potatoes, chilies and tobacco, dates the famous plant family 30 million years older than previously thought
Lucas Viano is an Argentinian journalist who specializes in science, environment and technology. Follow Lucas Viano on Twitter @LucasViano
The fossilized fruit, a cousin of tomatoes, potatoes, chilies and tobacco, dates the famous plant family 30 million years older than previously thought
American chili peppers, both tongue-scorching and bland, have a single common ancestor that evolved in South America
The largest meteorite in the Americas, along with some 30 related craters, is located on farmland in Argentina, but the specimens are being illegally taken
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