Tag: Man made fruit

The modern kiwifruit is a product of deliberate cultivation and selective breeding, transforming a small, less palatable wild vine from China into the popular fruit we know today. This process means the version of kiwis we enjoy is largely man-made.

Over 10,000 years ago, wild bananas were almost inedible, filled with large, hard seeds and very little pulp. This begs the question: are bananas real or man-made? The answer lies in thousands of years of human intervention and selective breeding.