[ratfaced-guy]

Did the Inca genetically engineer llamas? Clearly they were around before the Inca, just like they are still around, even after the Inca.

[stan_rogers]

It's a domestic species, just like, say, modern cattle are domesticated aurochs. The wild equivalents are the guanacoes. They may be physically very similar, but they're different behaviourally.

[mkl]

It's a domesticated species, but it was domesticated well before the Inca civilisation.