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How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago

  • Written by Sean Rafferty, Professor of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York
How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia agoCould a spill by the cook fire have been popcorn's eureka moment?Paul Taylor/Stone via Getty ImagesHow was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago

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