LOCAL PALAEOBOTANIST SUCCESSFULLY CLONES PREHISTORIC TOMATO
New Boston, MI—Dr. Renee Kendall, daughter of local businessman Frank Kendall, announced last Friday that she and her team had successfully cloned an early ancestor of the modern tomato. According to Dr. Kendall, the cloning of the Lunarum lycopersicum was made possible only after the partially fossilized remains of the plant was discovered in a dig site just west of Hannan Road. Dr. Kendall recently returned after completing her doctorate in palaeobotany from the Biodiversity Institute of Kansas University. Kendall informed the New Boston News that she was "quite surprised when [her] home town was mentioned as a possible origin for the prehistoric fruit." Kendall speculates that this ancient tomato probably had more in common with our modern potato. According to her research, the L. lycopersicum, or moon tomato as Kendall calls it, grew under a thin layer of soil and was almost entirely unknown to prehistoric humanoids. She hopes to reintroduce the crop to the world later this year.
-D. McFarns
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