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[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

if they floated over then they're definitely way older than 500 years.

prob just 500 years because that's when mayo sources go back

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah. It's pretty hard to believe they just "floated" over considering sweet potatos mde it to the Philippines from south America. Clearly those didn't float over. Someone else posted a scientific article providing evidence that humans brought the coconut to the Americas