That is one heck of an unusual look of a corn root.
I have always heard of the evolution of the corn and how it as not consumable at all when it's in its wild state.
The more interesting part is that how human sees it as a potential and then put effort to cultivate it into something edible, and now with this discovery, indeed it is researched done right.
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@littlenewthings Yeah, that look is rather striking.