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Rich_Acanthisitta_70 t1_iviaxyi wrote

Reply to comment by A_Light_Spark in Genomic analysis of 3-6,000 year old watermelon seeds finds the fruit likely had bitter pulp and greenish-white flesh, and may have been consumed primarily for its seeds by bobstonite

The one in the pic is what a ripe one looked like in the 17th century. And even unripe ones now have a lot more melon than than those before.

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