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Where Apples Come From

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For our Geo Quiz, we want to know where apples originated, thousands of years ago. Scientists point to a Central Asian mountain range where Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and China meet.

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Blog: Holding Back the Gobi

Walking the Gobi

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Walking the Wakhan

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Geo answer

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Geo answer

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Pamir Mountains. Tom Godell reports on American efforts to document the fast-vanishing Shughni language. Shughni is spoken in the regions of Tajikistan and Afghanistan crossed by the Pamir Mountains.