Claim: Quinoa originated in the western hemisphere.
Evidence: Quinoa originated in the Andean region of Peru , Bolivia , Ecuador , Colombia and Chile , and was domesticated 3,000 to 4,000 years ago for human consumption in the Lake Titicaca basin of Peru and Bolivia , though archaeological evidence shows a non-domesticated association with pastoral herding 5,200 to 7,000 years ago.
Bolivia -LRB- -LSB- bəˈlɪviə -RSB- -LSB- boˈliβi̯a -RSB- ; Buliwya -LSB- bʊlɪwja -RSB- Wuliwya -LSB- - allwʊlɪwja -RSB- Mborivia -LSB- ᵐboˈɾiʋja -RSB- -RRB- , officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia -LRB- Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia -RRB- , is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Chile , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Colombia -LRB- k -RRB- , is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America , with territories in Central America.
Ecuador -LRB- -LSB- ˈɛkwədɔːr -RSB- , -LSB- ekwaˈðor -RSB- -RRB- -LRB- Ikwadur -RRB- , officially the Republic of Ecuador -LRB- -LSB- República del Ecuador , -RSB- , which literally translates as `` Republic of the Equator '' ; Ikwadur Ripuwlika -RRB- , is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Colombia on the north , Peru on the east and south , and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Peru , is a country in western South America.
In this sense , the Western Hemisphere consists of the Americas , the western portions of Eurasia and Africa , the extreme eastern tip of Russia , numerous territories in Oceania , and a portion of Antarctica , while excluding some of the Aleutian Islands to the southwest of the Alaskan mainland.