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For as long as there has ever been any discussion about the coconut, there has been the debate as to its origin; is the coconut new world or is it old world? Much time and energy has been spent reading history books and collecting DNA samples from around the world in search of such answers. When the genetic findings came back, what became obvious was how closely linked humans and this palm have been; ancient trade routes and a cultivated story of Austronesian’s close relationship with this drupe (the coconut fruit itself) began to take shape and significance.
However these findings only gave rise to more questions and the actual origin of the coconut was not disclosed—
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