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Almost nothing we eat today exists in nature.
Take this carrot for example. Yes, this is a carrot. A wild one in fact, and possibly quite close to what the Ancient Persians had in the BCEs. This carrot is bitter, dry and woody, its roots supplying just enough nutrients in case times got rough.
Mother nature provided the prototype, but humans formed the final product.
Early carrots were grown for their leaves and seeds, much like their relatives the dill and fennel. But somewhere along the line, someone decided it would be much more fun to chew on its roots instead. So after a few odd centuries of furiously clicking the skill tree, this is what we find in 6th century Constantinople.
To other carrots, this carrot looks about as natural as the homunculus.
This is what would happen if our alien overlords decided that human lips and palms were a delicacy.
But the carrot is not the only plant to have hulked up. The makeover from wild maize to modern corn is all the more startling.