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HISTORY OF SURI LLAMAS
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Wheeler*, J.C., A.J.F. Russel* and H.F. Stanley**
* The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. Hartwood Research Sta. Sholls. Lanarkshire ML7 AJY, U.K.
(Present address Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. San Marcos University. Apartado 5137, Lima 3, Perú)
** Conservation Biology Group, Institute of Zoology, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, U.K.
Additional Keywords
Domestic South American Camelidae. Fiber
production. Perú. Natural mummification. DNA.
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By Jane C. Wheeler, PhD
To date the earliest evidence of camelid domestication comes from archaeological sites located between 4,000 and 4,900 m (13,120- to 16,072-foot) elevation, in the puna ecosystem of the Peruvian Andes. Both guanaco (Lama glama cacsilensis) and vicuña (Vicugna vicugna mensalis) have inhabited this tundra environment for approximately 12,000 years and, together with the huemul deer Hippocamelus antisensis (d’Orbigny 1834), were the primary prey of early human hunters. Faunal materials from archaeological sites
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