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Was ancient wheat the same as wheat today or was it selectively pollinated to get what we have now?
Modern wheats are different, but so are modern humans.
How have humans changed.
Farming was a monumental change in human lifestyle, and has a whole host of genetic legacy.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123202631.htm
It's been selected for some 5k years, give or take. One study found out that, starting from wild wheat, it'd take roughly 30 years to fully domesticate the crop. Bananas, maize, soy, almond and others that we eat are also very different from their wild variants