Why do fruits have the colors they do?
In: Biology
Plants evolved fruits to attract animals to eat them. By eating the fruit, animals swallow the seeds and they are spread to help the plant reproduce. The colors, smell and other factors all evolved to get the attention of some animal or animals.
There’s also some factor of genetic engineering and human domestication. In order to produce more edible crops, humans have domesticated wild fruits to have more edible characteristics. A byproduct sometimes changes the colors. Ripe bananas before human domestication where green and didn’t turn as bright yellow as they do now
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