Claim: Quinoa did not originate in South America.
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.
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.
Peru is an extremely biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.