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clock-iconPUBLISHEDMarch 17, 2016

How Fruit And Vegetables Have Changed Over Human History

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Tom Hale

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture.

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Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture.View full profile

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture.

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If someone handed you a wild banana from 7,000 years ago, you would barely recognize it from its modern-day ancestor.

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Fruit and vegetables have changed a lot since humans have domesticated them over the past few thousand years. They’ve undergone a transformation from selective breeding that has tailored them to suit our picky tastes and conveniences. More recently, fruit and veg have been molded by genetic engineering, allowing us to pick ‘n’ mix the best genes from desirable plants.

This video from Business Insider gives you a small sample of the make-overs much of our fruit and vegetables have undergone.

 

 

Main image credit: John Mason/Flickr. (CC BY 2.0)


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