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TopRamenisha t1_ivisll7 wrote

Reply to comment by Rich_Acanthisitta_70 in Genomic analysis of 3-6,000 year old watermelon seeds finds the fruit likely had bitter pulp and greenish-white flesh, and may have been consumed primarily for its seeds by bobstonite

That second link is not entirely accurate. Humans have been selectively breeding crops for hundreds, even thousands of years. For example, corn is derived from grasses, but the Aztecs were genetically modifying corn through selective breeding 10,000 years ago. Archeological finds of ancient corn cobs still resemble corn cobs we would see today. There are heirloom varieties of pretty much every food on that list that have been around for hundreds of years.

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Rich_Acanthisitta_70 t1_ivivtan wrote

I don't see any references to when the changes occurred, or began occurring. Only descriptions of what the plants looked like after domestication. I chose that link specifically for that reason since I was only relaying that they look different now compared to before.

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