evolution of fruits and vegetables

1. How did fruit evolve?
2. What fruits and vegetables were created by man?
3. Where do our fruits and vegetables come from?
4. How did bananas look?
5. What was the first fruit to evolve?
6. When did the first humans evolve?
7. Is banana A man made fruit?
8. What fruits are genetically modified?
9. Is Carrot man made?
10. Is food from China safe?
11. What is the most dangerous vegetable?
12. What food does the US import?
13. What was the original banana?
14. Are bananas real?
15. What vegetables are not man made?
16. What is world's oldest fruit?
17. Did fruits evolve to be eaten?
18. Where did fruit come from?
19. Who was the first person on earth?
20. Will humans go extinct?
21. Are humans still evolving?

How did fruit evolve?

Fruit evolved as a means of transporting a plant's seed. Generally, most fruits have seeds that get mass-spread around by animals eating the fruit, then pooping out the seed. This, evolutionary speaking, was a great positive for the diversity of genes in plant species. ... People spread these seeds now.

What fruits and vegetables were created by man?

Let's take a look at the most common man-made hybrids found around today's markets:

• Bananas. When and where bananas came from was the subject of an analysis of the evolution of this famous fruit. ...
• Corn. ...
• Watermelons. ...
• Apples. ...
• Tomatoes. ...
• Carrots. ...
• Peanuts. ...
• Strawberries.

Where do our fruits and vegetables come from?

The fruits and vegetables themselves came from the wild plants that grow in widely scattered areas around the globe. Some of their distant cousins we find in our lawns, and are trying to eradicate as weeds.

How did bananas look?

Imagine a banana. The familiar yellow, seedless shape pops to mind, but that's only how domesticated bananas look like. ... The first bananas we know of were cultivated in Papua New Guinea, stocky and filled with seeds. By contrast, today's bananas are smooth on the inside and seedless.

What was the first fruit to evolve?

In the ruins of a prehistoric village near Jericho, in the West Bank, scientists have found remains of figs that they say appear to be the earliest known cultivated fruit crop — perhaps the first evidence anywhere of domesticated food production at the dawn of agriculture. The figs were grown some 11,400 years ago.

When did the first humans evolve?

The first human ancestors appeared between five million and seven million years ago, probably when some apelike creatures in Africa began to walk habitually on two legs. They were flaking crude stone tools by 2.5 million years ago. Then some of them spread from Africa into Asia and Europe after two million years ago.

Is banana A man made fruit?

- Bananas: Believe it or not, bananas are man made. The yellow delight that goes back around 10,000 years was was apparently a blend of the wild Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana species of banana. You can try either of them and you'll find a rather foul taste.

What fruits are genetically modified?

A few fresh fruits and vegetables are available in GMO varieties, including potatoes, summer squash, apples, and papayas. Although GMOs are in a lot of the foods we eat, most of the GMO crops grown in the United States are used for animal food.

Is Carrot man made?

Carrots themselves are ancient and naturally occurring, however the modern day, typical orange carrot is a man-made hybrid. Scientists and researchers have traced the carrot back to dinosaur times.

Is food from China safe?

Unfortunately, it's not just China's food that's reaching American shores — it's also China's food safety problems. ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has done little to address the growing tide of food imports from China, despite a well-documented pattern of chemical adulteration and unsafe drug residues.

What is the most dangerous vegetable?

The 12 most dangerous fruits and vegetables are:

• Apples, peaches, nectarines, strawberries, grapes, celery, spinach, sweet bell peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, imported snap peas and potatoes. ...
• On a better note, the EWG also produced a list of “Clean Fruit and Vegetables”

What food does the US import?

United States agriculture imports total $127.6 billion with coffee and cocoa, fresh and processed vegetables, and grains and feeds accounting for the majority.

What was the original banana?

The original banana was different from current sweet yellow bananas. Instead, early bananas were green or red, and were prepared using a variety of cooking methods. These bananas are presently referred to as plantains or cooking bananas in order to distinguish them from the sweet bananas we know today.

Are bananas real?

1. Bananas aren't really a fruit. ... While the banana plant is colloquially called a banana tree, it's actually an herb distantly related to ginger, since the plant has a succulent tree stem, instead of a wood one. The yellow thing you peel and eat is, in fact, a fruit because it contains the seeds of the plant.

What vegetables are not man made?

NON HYBRID VEGETABLES Amaranth greens – same as Callaloo, a variety of Spinach Avocado Asparagus Bell Peppers Chayote (Mexican Squash) Cucumber Dandelion greens Garbanzo beans (chick peas) Green banana Izote – cactus flower/ cactus leaf- grows naturally in California Jicama Kale Lettuce (all, except Iceberg) Mushrooms ...

What is world's oldest fruit?

Figs – the world's oldest fruits

Fig trees have been grown since ancient times, which is why figs are often referred to as the oldest fruits known to man.

Did fruits evolve to be eaten?

So your answer is no, they didn't evolve, they were engineered by humans. Basically, yes. The purpose is for animals to carry the fruit away. Seeds either drop while the animal eats the fruit or in some cases survives the digestive tract.

Where did fruit come from?

The Origin of Cultivated Fruits and Vegetables

Who was the first person on earth?

The word adam is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". Biblical Adam (man, mankind) is created from adamah (earth), and Genesis 1–8 makes considerable play of the bond between them, for Adam is estranged from the earth through his disobedience.

Will humans go extinct?

The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct. ... Humans are inevitably heading for extinction.

Are humans still evolving?

Takeaway: Evolution means change in a population. That includes both easy-to-spot changes to adapt to an environment as well as more subtle, genetic changes. Humans are still evolving, and that is unlikely to change in the future.