@artemis granted this from a evolutionary biology class years ago but the color and the fact we have potatoes period is because they’re a good energy storage facility for the plant. Not due to spreading germination or anything like that.
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that's all good and fun, but why some potatoes are white, yellow and some r purple? 😃
It is mind boggling, LOL
I think a shorter pinky makes our hands more handsome 😃
Also, easier to grab bananas from the tree.
@artemis yes, darling you are the handsomest monkey I know. 😉 Be a doll, please hand me some fruit.
@artemis crap, please don’t treat me like an expert on potato evolutionary science, but in general, having an innocuous trait (like purple) is just as easily transmitted as a beneficial trait genetically speaking. Also, maybe the Peruvians liked the purple potatoes?! And cultivated them? I don’t know. Why do you think we have shorter pinky fingers? They’re not actively helpful, but they’re certainly not harmful either.