Is it for the plant to store energy and we just simply evolved to take advantage of that?
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Look up wild carrot. See how tiny the root is? People found out it’s tasty, so they bred using selective breeding into the massive carrots we have today! It’s quite incredible. The same process was applied to literally any fruit or vegetable we have today. I also recommend looking up what wild bananas or melons look like. The difference is massive
To elaborate, selective breeding is where you take the pieces with the desired trait, let those grow and discard the rest. If you do this enough times, which takes years upon years, you get to increase the desired traits and reduce or get rid of completely of the ones you dislike
This was done with animals too, hence dogs from wolves and such
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