Eli5 how come fruits and vegetables adapted to how we wanted them to be?

Question

Wouldn’t a fruit that didn’t adapt to us last longer as they weren’t pick?

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Answer 1

The fruit isn’t a whole plant. It’s just a way to distribute seeds for the actual plant.

They evolved to be tasty so they attract animals to be eaten. They then poop the seeds out somewhere else, spreading that plant species over wide distances while also donating free fertilizer to the seed.

So the goal of fruit isn’t to last long.