yes, I do. I actually don't know how long say, zucchini, has been around, but I do believe that mankind itself is a product of DNA manipulation, but that gets into some stuff I don't have the time or the means to convince anybody of. It's just for fun, after all!
But an interesting point you make--how far back in history are we to look and why stop at any certain place?
But one more thing about fruit--it does grow in the sunshine and not underground which I think makes it a bit superior, and the fruit sugars are delightful. But yes I come from the Barefoot Herbalist camp.