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What is the oldest common food in the typical western diet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Of the things available to most of us, what are common and the oldest things we might find on a store shelf?

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[–] angelmountain@feddit.nl 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Apples?

Approximately 750,000 years ago: early Paleolithic food gatherers in (modern) Kazakhstan, central Asia, discovered sour crab apples growing wild in the forest.

https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/horne-creek-farm/southern-heritage-apple-orchard/apple-history/origins-apples

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

All the fruits could count, and the ones native to east Africa will go all the way back to pre-human apes, but the modern grocery store cultivars are all very selectively bred, and don't much resemble their wild precursors.