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Crops That Look Different From Their Wild Ancestors

Thousands of years of selective breeding transformed tiny, bitter, and thorny wild plants into the sweet, plump produce filling grocery aisles.

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  1. 50/50 split cover comparing teosinte and wild banana with modern domesticated crops
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Centuries of agricultural domestication transformed bitter, thorny, seed-packed wild plants into plump, nutritious, and vibrant staples. Explore twenty everyday fruits and vegetables in ascending order of their radical evolution.

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