Where are the Andes Mountains? South America
The Andes mountains run down the Pacific side of South America When did the Andes form? About 199 million years ago, near the beginning of the Jurassic period, was the [...]
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History of swimming in the Americas
Aztec swimmer from Teotihuacan (ca. 500 AD) The first people who came to the Americas probably already knew how to swim, as they got their food from fishing and gathering [...]
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Where do tomatoes come from? South America
History of tomatoes: Wild tomatoes Wild tomatoes in the Andes The earliest tomatoes were little sour berries. They grew on low bushes in dry, sunny places in the Andes mountains [...]
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Where do potatoes come from? South America
Wild potatoes were much smaller than modern potatoes Potatoes, like other flowering plants, evolved from earlier plants around 350 million years ago. They're related to the poisonous plant nightshade, and [...]
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Where do pinto beans come from? South America
Pinto Beans (USDA photo) Beans evolved along with the other flowering plants about 360 million years ago. Bean plants are a kind of vine or bush, and the beans grow [...]
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Where do peanuts come from? South America
History of peanuts: a wild peanut plant growing in sandy soil Wild peanuts Wild peanuts evolved about the same time as other flowering plants, about 350 million years ago. They're [...]
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How to make Peruvian peanut stew
Clay model of Moche people eating To eat what Chavin or Moche or Nazca people might have eaten, try making this delicious Peruvian stew. It's filling and vegan! Fill a [...]
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Yuca bread recipe – Cassava bread
Yuca bread or cassava bread To get a better idea of what yuca tastes like and what you can make with it, try making yuca bread, as people did in [...]
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History of Chocolate: Where does chocolate come from?
History of chocolate: Cocoa pods grow right from the trunk of the cocoa tree! (Thanks World Cocoa Foundation) Chocolate comes from South America Chocolate comes from cacao beans, which grew [...]
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Where does chili pepper come from? South America
Chili peppers from Central America: a chili pepper is hot! Two kinds of pepper There are two main kinds of pepper: black pepper and chili pepper. More about black pepper [...]
