25 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Watermelon by Helen Nichols

Although we think of watermelon today as that large, picture-perfect, dripping-with-sweet-juice fruit that makes our summer taste buds erupt, it was not always that way.

Watermelon’s wild ancestor was actually a bitter fruit with hard, green flesh and circular shaped.

Much of the history of watermelon is debated because of a lack of accurate information, but many historians agree that watermelon was initially cultivated in Africa before spreading north into the Mediterranean area and Europe.

Where it originated in Africa, however, remains a mystery.
Some theories claim that watermelon’s ancestor began in southern Africa, but evidence has suggested that Egyptians began growing watermelon 4,000 years ago, which predates farming in southern Africa.

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