A human watermelon?
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Watermelons used to be only 50mm in diameter and tasted very bitter. You had to hit them with a hammer to crack em open. Circa 3000 BC
Karlos_Cantana@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Watermelons used to be only 50mm in diameter and tasted very bitter. You had to hit them with a hammer to crack em open. Circa 3000 BC
A human watermelon?
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s not really natural selection though, is it?
squaresinger@feddit.de 10 months ago
It is, if you count humans as part of nature, which they are in respect to natural selection.
Flowers and blossoms are selected by their attractiveness to bees and other insects. Apples were selected by their attractiveness to bears (yes, bears where the first to domesticate apples). And watermelons were selected by their attractiveness to humans.
Only GMOs don’t fall into the category of natural selection.
superkret@feddit.de 10 months ago
I agree that humans are part of the ecosystem in principle.
But if you count humans as part of nature, the word “nature” pretty much loses all meaning.
Cause then drones, microplastics, nuclear power stations and computers are also part of nature.
squaresinger@feddit.de 10 months ago
I don’t think so, at least in the context of natural selection.
GMOs for example are certainly not part of natural selection.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, but it is evolutionary
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s artificial selection, still a process that drives evolution. Just drives it a lot faster.