A model for llama (<i>Lama glama</i>Linnaeus, 1758) domestication in the southern Andes

Yacobaccio, Hugo D.; Vilá, Bibiana

doi:10.5252/az2016n1a1

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“…The tasks were carried out in the external facilities of the species, and their usual management was not changed due to our tasks. While goats and lamas are commonly considered domesticated species (Zeder and Hesse, 2000;Dong et al, 2015;Diaz-Lameiro, 2016), mouflons and guanacos are not (Lincoln, 1990;Cartajena et al, 2007;Chessa et al, 2009;Yacobaccio and Vilá, 2016).…”

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Gaze Following in Ungulates: Domesticated and Non-domesticated Species Follow the Gaze of Both Humans and Conspecifics in an Experimental Context

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Gaze following is the ability to use others’ gaze to obtain information about the environment (e.g., food location, predators, and social interactions). As such, it may be highly adaptive in a variety of socio-ecological contexts, and thus be widespread across animal taxa. To date, gaze following has been mostly studied in primates, and partially in birds, but little is known on the gaze following abilities of other taxa and, especially, on the evolutionary pressures that led to their emergence. In this study, we used an experimental approach to test gaze following skills in a still understudied taxon, ungulates. Across four species (i.e., domestic goats and lamas, and non-domestic guanacos and mouflons), we assessed the individual ability to spontaneously follow the gaze of both conspecifics and human experimenters in different conditions. In line with our predictions, species followed the model’s gaze both with human and conspecific models, but more likely with the latter. Except for guanacos, all species showed gaze following significantly more in the experimental conditions (than in the control ones). Despite the relative low number of study subjects, our study provides the first experimental evidence of gaze following skills in non-domesticated ungulates, and contributes to understanding how gaze following skills are distributed in another taxon—an essential endeavor to identify the evolutionary pressures leading to the emergence of gaze following skills across taxa.

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Gaze Following in Ungulates: Domesticated and Non-domesticated Species Follow the Gaze of Both Humans and Conspecifics in an Experimental Context

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“…More than 5000 years ago, northern guanacos ( Lama guanicoe cacsilensis) were domesticated by indigenous communities, transforming them into llamas. This co-production changed life in the Andes, as it prompted the transition from hunting to herding and the emergence of village-like settlements (Yacobaccio and Vilá 2016 ). Llamas were an essential part of the biocultural heritage of the Inca culture (Flores Ochoa 1977 ; Grebe 1984 ; Vilá 2012 , 2014 ) but the use of llamas as a resource also suffered a large impact after the Spanish conquest and the introduction of exotic cattle, such as sheep, goats, and cows.…”

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South American Camelids: their values and contributions to people

Vilá

Arzamendia

2020

Sustain Sci

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South American Camelids (SACs) make several material and non-material contributions to people and are a key component of the Andean biocultural heritage. From the perspective of the IPBES' Conceptual Framework, SACs constitute the "nature" component in the complex system of interactions between human societies and the Andean mountain environment. There are four SAC living species today, two of which are wild, or Salqa, in the indigenous cosmovision: guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and vicuña (Vicugna vicugna). Llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Vicugna pacos) were domesticated 5000 years ago, and are therefore Uywa, in the indigenous cosmovision. Both wild and domestic camelids were, and in several cases still are, the most highly appreciated resource for Andean livelihoods. Historically, camelids and their contributions have been used by Andean people since the peopling of the Americas over 11,000 years ago. In this paper, we present three case studies (chakus for vicuña management, llama caravans, and llama nanobodies) to bring attention to the essential role of vicuñas and llamas for Andean communities today, their intercultural linkages with the Western world, and telecoupling interactions.

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“…Here, early settlements of hunters-gatherers date to as far back as 11 000 years BP (van der Hammen and Urrego 1978, Rademaker et al 2014Rademaker et al , 2016, or even earlier (Jolie et al 2011), and became permanent after 9000 years BP (Haas et al 2017), when environmental conditions favored the development of agriculture (Pearsall 2008). In fact, our study area encompasses one of the centers of origin of cultivated plants (Vavilov et al 1992, Spooner et al 2005, Pearsall 2008, Hardigan et al 2017) and animal domestication (Stahl 2003, Yacobaccio andVilá 2016). Such transition towards agricultural societies fueled an abrupt human population growth (Perez et al 2017), and the rise of several empires, which lasted until the conquest, when the size of the human population tended to decline (Little 1981, Etter andvan Wyngaarden 2000).…”

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Niches and radiations: a case study on the Andean sapphire‐vented puffleg Eriocnemis luciani and coppery‐naped puffleg E. sapphiropygia (Aves, Trochilidae)

Ramoni‐Perazzi

Schuchmann

Weller

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Journal of Avian Biology

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The interaction between ecology and evolution, particularly with regard to speciation processes, remains a main topic of scientific research. Andean hummingbirds have undergone a remarkable radiation, with many species exhibiting patchy distributions and, in some cases, taxonomic controversy. An example is the sapphire-vented puffleg Eriocnemis luciani; ssp. baptistae, luciani and meridae, which some authors merge with the coppery-naped puffleg E. sapphiropygia; ssp. catharina and sapphiropygia. Each group is distributed either north or south from the Huancabamba Depression, the major biogeographical barrier within the tropical Andes. We investigated whether these subspecies share some niche characteristics despite their geographical separation and determined their meaning in the context of the speciation process of trochilids in the tropical Andes. For each subspecies, we performed geographical predictions and paired tests of niche conservatism in environmental space. Geographical predictions included separate regions for subspecies catharina and sapphiropygia, while the predicted regions for subspecies luciani and baptistae greatly overlapped. The E. l. luciani model predicted a single pixel near to the potential area of E. l. meridae, known only from a unique, old record. Subspecies luciani and baptistae exhibited the greatest niche overlap among the pairs of taxa for most variables. However, our results clearly indicated niche divergence for the four members of the E. luciani-sapphiropygia complex, independent of the similarities or slight dissimilarities in their respective backgrounds, indicating that other forces in addition to variation in environmental parameters, such as natural selection or genetic drift, are driving the radiation of these hummingbirds. This finding coincides with the unusually high speciation rates reported for Andean hummingbirds. Thus, the currently accepted taxonomy within the E. lucianisapphiropygia complex may be even more convoluted than indicated by previous studies. Hence, the results of our study are a wakeup call to include the exploration of lineage diversification in biodiversity-related efforts.Niches and radiations: a case study on the Andean sapphire-vented puffleg Eriocnemis luciani and coppery-naped puffleg E. sapphiropygia (Aves, Trochilidae)

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A model for llama (Lama glamaLinnaeus, 1758) domestication in the southern Andes

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Gaze Following in Ungulates: Domesticated and Non-domesticated Species Follow the Gaze of Both Humans and Conspecifics in an Experimental Context

Gaze Following in Ungulates: Domesticated and Non-domesticated Species Follow the Gaze of Both Humans and Conspecifics in an Experimental Context

South American Camelids: their values and contributions to people

Niches and radiations: a case study on the Andean sapphire‐vented puffleg Eriocnemis luciani and coppery‐naped puffleg E. sapphiropygia (Aves, Trochilidae)

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