@umojainfotech @fopminui @historyinmemes We find strong support in our simulations for trans-Atlantic crossings in under a year, the majority of which occurred between 20° S and the equator and lasted an average of approximately 9 mo, but as little as 100
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I’ve just learned how American tropical “drift seed” pods were common in medieval Britain, picked up on beaches. Here’s a 2014 article of how drifting African bottle gourd seeds led to domestication in the new world more than 10k years ago https://t.co/u
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@AlanLevinovitz @revue It’s an African species originally, but cultivated early in the Americas. How did it get there? Carried by humans from Asia? Or floated across the Atlantic? Opinions differ. https://t.co/VyRGzffKu6
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Random cool history fact. The bottle gourd is one of the first domesticated plants. More impressive though is it spread from it's origin in Africa to the Americas by 10,000 BC and was in Asia by 11,000 bc. https://t.co/v01J34X6UI