![]() A seedless fruit with a unique reproductive system, every banana is a genetic duplicate of the next, and therefore susceptible to the same blights. ![]() Entire Central American nations have been said to rise and fall over the banana.īut the biggest mystery about the banana today is whether it will survive. Rich cultural lore surrounds the fruit: In ancient translations of the Bible, the 'apple' consumed by Eve is actually a banana (it makes sense, doesn't it?). But for all its ubiquity, the banana is surprisingly mysterious nobody knows how bananas evolved or exactly where they originated. In others parts of the world, bananas are what keep millions of people alive. Americans eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. ![]() ![]() To most people, a banana is a banana: a simple yellow fruit. ![]() A gripping biological detective story that uncovers the myth, mystery, and endangered fate of the world's most humble fruit ![]()
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