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

By Sean Rafferty, Professor of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

How was popcorn discovered? – Kendra, age 11, Penn Yan, New York

You have to wonder how people originally figured out how to eat some foods that are beloved today. The cassava…

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