"Sets a new standard With Antón's imagery, Wang and Tedford's Dogs is nothing short of wonderful." "A definitive, readable treatment of the evolution of the canine clan." "An easy-to-read text, accompanied by Antón's marvelous illustrations Recommended." Changing Environments and Canid EvolutionĪppendix: Canid Species and Classification Anatomy and Function: How the Parts WorkĦ. Diversity: Who Is Who in the Dog FamilyĤ. The Origin of Canids and Other Doglike Carnivorous Mammalsģ. Dogs: Methods of Study and the Place of Dogs in NatureĢ. Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History captures the excitement of recent advances in understanding the natural history of this family or carnivores and provides an unprecedented visual reference for specialists as well as general readers. New discoveries of early domestic dogs in Israel and Germany, beginning more than 14 000 years ago, push back their first arrival in the fossil record and provide tantalizing evidence that China, not Europe or the Middle East, was the center of first domestication.Ĭanids are the most widely spread living carnivores in the world and, in some continents, the dominant predators.
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