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DocPeacock t1_jd1qru2 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:06 AM

Reply to comment by daseined001 in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy

GMO are not a recent thing.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/05/05/404198552/natural-gmo-sweet-potato-genetically-modified-8-000-years-ago

Horizontal gene transfer occurs naturally, probably frequently, and is equivalent to transgenic mutations commonly referred to as GMO.

Bacteria and plants have had an unimaginable amount of time to coevolve. Aliens not required.