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Depends on the GM, I'd say. Is this a rules question or are you asking whether powerful spellcasters of Golarion have used miracle or wish to create new life? To answer that question...not to my knowledge, in the instance of those two specific spells, but there HAVE been spellcasters who've created new lifeforms. The best examples would probably be the ghorans, sapient plant people who were created by a rogue druid from which they derive their name. He was recruited by the wizard Nex to create food crops that could survive in the harsh conditions his war with Geb created, and the ghorans evolved from those crops over time.
Most of the instances I've seen where new life is introduced, however, tends to be more of a transformation of pre-existing creatures, like the Runelords' transforming of regular giants into rune giants, or the fleshwarping procedures of the drow.
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Probably...maybe? I'm not sure. I don't think you'd be able to make an outright new lifeform, but you might be able to combine or reconstruct one. I always assumed the construction of sentient creatures were the domains of pseudo-deities, at the very least, so wish and miracle (being mortal magic) is probably not strong enough to create life from nothing...mythic level magic might do the trick though.
Polymorph Any Object can do this. As it's an eighth level spell and Wish can imitate eighth level and lower spells, the answer is "yes".
The trick, however, is that it's up to interpretation by the GM.
Since you're not asking a rules question, so in that case the answer is, "Yes... if the GM says so. Also, it's happened in Golarion's history."
No, but you can wish for the Manipulate Form special ability and spesify mammals, reptiles, etc.
Manipulate Form (Su): At will, ------- can modify the form of any (spesific subtype) native to (world name), except for aquatic and undead creatures. With a successful touch attack, he/she can cause one alteration of his choice in the target creature's body. The target falls unconscious for 2d4 rounds due to the shock of changing form. A successful DC 23 Fortitude negates both the change and the unconsciousness.
------ may use this ability to change a minor aspect of the target creature, such as the shape of its head or the color of its skin/fur/scales. He/she may also choose to make a much more significant alteration, such as converting limbs into tentacles, changing overall body shape (snake to humanoid, for example), or adding or removing an appendage. Any ability score may be decreased to a minimum of 1 or increased to a maximum equal to ------- corresponding score. --------- may also grant the target an extraordinary ability or remove one from it.
The change bestowed takes effect immediately and is permanent. Furthermore, the alterations are automatically passed on to all the creature's offspring when it breeds with another of its unmodified kind.
That's a specifically 3.5 mechanic from a specific 3.0 version of a specific campaign setting (Forgotten Realms), so it's even more up to GM interpretation if they allow it. The original was reptilian creatures native to Toril only; the more generic version presented above is certainly permissable, if a GM wants, but it isn't Pathfinder core rules.
Also, it's power, even limited as I outline above is such that it completely breaks the game, and isn't recommended.
Finally, being what it is, such an ability would generally be accepted to be substantially beyond the power of a wish (though it would not necessarily be so in my house rules), and not granted by most uses of miracle.
And again, if you're not asking a rules question, it's an opinion question, and in my opinion/house rules, the answer is 'yes', effectively (though, with caveats appropriate to the source of the wish/miracle and power of the caster).
Does this kind of thing satisfy, OP?