Las Palmas

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Near a migrant reception centre in Las Palmas, a major city in the Canary Islands, Ousmane Ly, a recently arrived 25-year-old Senegalese man, gazed at the beach.

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This remarkable continuity has been revealed by the first genetic analysis of archaeological lentils, conducted by researchers at Linköping University and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain.

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"We also see in our study that different types of lentils are grown on different islands -- even islands where it was previously thought that lentils were never cultivated. It's important to preserve lentils from different islands, because genetic diversity can prove valuable for the future of agriculture," says Jonathan Santana, researcher at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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"Our results indicate that the lentils from Lanzarote have contributed not only their name but also their genes to Spanish lentils. With the climate change that is now taking place, Canarian lentils, adapted to growing in dry and warm conditions, may be of great interest for future plant breeding," says Jacob Morales, associate professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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Villarreal's key man was playmaker Alberto Moleiro, who joined from Las Palmas in the summer.

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