The domestication of South American camelids: a review

Abstract

• Appearance of individuals larger than the currentllama (earliest evidence around 7100 cal. BP, increasingbetween 5800 and 4200 cal. BP).• Detection of human impact due to environmental management practices that suggests more intensive humanintervention in the environment since ca. 5300–4869cal. AP.• Detection of pathologies indicative of human handlingin bones of the extremities and vertebrae since ca. 4900cal. AP.• First appearance of corrals in caves or in stone structures in deep ravines on the edge of valleys between4500 and 3639 cal. AP.