The study set out to discover Taino roots and from there establish connection to other indigenous groups in other parts of the Americas (such as the Yanomamo).

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Cohiba is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves that explorer Christopher Columbus first saw being smoked by the original inhabitants of Cuba, the earliest known form of the cigar.

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But we can also take a week to rent a car and make a less-relaxing effort to explore one island, driving from end to end, seeking out colonial-period architecture and native Taino cultural remnants, or sampling local cuisines, searching for differences in regional preferences within each island.

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