Corn, watermelon, and peaches were unrecognizable 8,000 years ago.

Source: www.vox.com

I think the term ‘artificial’ in the image might be misleading and it depends on your definition of the word.  Humans have been selectively breed plants and animals for as long as we’ve been able to domestic them; that is a ‘natural’ part of our cultural ecology and has lead to great varieties of crops that are much more suitable for human consumption than what was naturally available.  Long before climate change, humans have been actively shaping their environment and the ecological inputs in the systems with the technology that their disposal.  This is a good resource to teach about the 1st agricultural revolution.     

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