USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Where did potatoes originate? The Inca Indians in Peru were the first to cultivate potatoes around 8, 000 BC to 5, 000 B.C. Potato History: The ancient civilizations of the Incas used the time it took to cook a potato as a measurement of time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Potatoes have an incredibly rich and interesting history. For thousands of years, they were cultivated by the Incas in Peru. The earliest archaeological evidence exists on the shores of Lake Titicaca from roughly 400 BCE! Potatoes started quite small and narrow-kind of like our fingerlings, just a little gnarlier.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest recorded trace of the spud was found in the Peruvian Andes at around 6000BC. Research implies that communities of hunters initially came to the South American continent 7000 years before harvesting wild potato plants. The plants sprouted around Lake Titicaca situated high up in the mountains.

Detailed explanation-4: -The potato was the first domesticated vegetable in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BCE.

Detailed explanation-5: -1.1 Origin : It is believed that potato was a native of Andes in South America and gradually spread throughout the world.