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The alpaca was selectively breeded 6000 years ago
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The andeans which lived in the Andes created the alpaca by using a mix of wild vicuñas and guanaco.
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The Andeans were the first to domesticate these animals and figure out there uses.
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The Alpaca started to adapt in its environment. There was very little vegetation which caused them to eat grasses half way which allowed it to grow fast. And there padded feet didn’t destroy the vegetation
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The Incas conquered the small villages throughout the Andes and took many goods including the Alpaca.
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They found alpacas and became their most valuable domestic animal the Inca cherished it’s wool and royalty were the only ones to wear it sign of social status
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They were fully domesticated at the hands of the Inca
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The Alpacas were so appreciated that the Incas would use them as sacrifices to there gods like the sun god.
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Now days they are used for there wool, as pets, and show animals.
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The Spaniards came to South America and brought there diseases along with them which brought down the empire a ton. The working class was getting sick which brought the rising economy down . In 1527 the emperor died which triggered a civil war between brothers on who would rule.
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The Spanish noticed this and took control and wealth of the Inca Empire but left behind and almost completely annihilated Alpacas.
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They started to be recognized for their wool that was not just beautiful but water, fire resistant,and hypo allergic.
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Many years later in 1984 alpacas were transported to the USA this was not the 1st time they were in the US . There were many wild versions that roamed the USA in early times.
