How Did Humans Create the Tomato We Eat Today?

How did humans turn a tiny wild berry into the tomatoes we eat today? The history of the tomato is far stranger than it looks. From its wild South American relatives to Mesoamerican cultivation, Spanish explorers, selective breeding, genetics, and the modern tomato, this is the story of how humans transformed one tiny fruit over thousands of years. We'll follow the tomato through domestication, explore the genes that made its fruit larger, uncover what happened when it reached Europe, and discover why modern tomatoes sometimes sacrificed flavor for yield, firmness, and shelf life. And now scientists are looking back at the tomato's wild relatives to bring some of that lost flavor back. Subscribe for more fascinating stories about the history, evolution, and domestication of the foods we eat.