History of Banana - How the Banana Took Over the World?

Did you know bananas are 80 million years old — older than human civilization by 400 times, and one of the few species that survived the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs? This video traces the wild, surprising true history of the banana: from prehistoric Musa ancestors and Buddhist monks meditating beneath banana trees, to Alexander the Great's "fruit of the wise," Austronesian sailors crossing oceans, Islamic irrigation engineers, the doomed Gro Michel variety, Panama disease, and the rise of the modern Cavendish banana that feeds 400 million people today. Science, history, and a little dark comedy — all in one fruit. Subscribe for more deep dives like this one!