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<\/a>Llama (BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de et al. Herrn von Buffons Naturgeschichte der vierf\u00fcssigen Thiere. v.20, Bd.13. Berlin: Joachim Pauli, 1778. Available at: https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/57611903<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n Upon first glance, llamas (Lama glama) appear almost comical; they seem like they were invented for a Disney cartoon.\u00a0The llama 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.<\/p>\n The article\u00a0Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion<\/a>\u00a0by Emily Wakild, Professor of History and\u00a0 director of Environmental Studies at Boise State University, USA,\u00a0posits\u00a0three 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.<\/p>\n Reference:<\/p>\n Wakild, Emily. Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion<\/a>. Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade-Manguinhos [online]. 2021, v. 28, suppl 1.<\/p>\n This article is part of the\u00a0supplement:\u00a0Unbalanced reciprocities: the history of relationships between animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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