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Did the Inca genetically engineer llamas? Clearly they were around before the Inca, just like they are still around, even after the Inca.


It's a domestic species, just like, say, modern cattle are domesticated aurochs. The wild equivalents are the guanacoes. They may be physically very similar, but they're different behaviourally.


It's a domesticated species, but it was domesticated well before the Inca civilisation.




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