Abstract
The llama (Lama glama) is the largest domesticated animal species from South America and is today found worldwide. Andean peoples have used the llama for millennia for meat, wool, packing, spiritual etc. In order to know the history of the llama, we must learn about the peoples that have known the animal and the ways those relationships have changed over time. While also considering closely related species, including alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña, this article posits three eras of llama/human entanglements: the era of domestication in pre-Columbian Andean sites; the era of dispersal and co-mingling, from 1530s to the 1890s; and finally popular fads and global appeal.
Highlights
The llama (Lama glama) is the largest domesticated animal species from South America and is today found worldwide
While Wally the research llama might earn a humanlike name, imagining llamas as either new or stuck in a time-warp promotes stereotypes that leave out the significant contributions South Americans have made to modern science and culture
To be clear: Wally’s nanobodies evolved through centuries of interaction with the needs and desires of Andean peoples, meaning these people and their ancestors merit a place in every story about llamas
Summary
Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion Aprendendo com a lhama: sobre os amplos contornos de contribuições culturais e expansão geográfica. Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion. Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.28, supl., dez. Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.28, supl., dez. 2021, p.141-159
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