Dogs : their fossil relatives and evolutionary history /
Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford ; illustrations by Mauricio Ant�on.
- 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-207) and index.
Methods of study and the place of dogs in nature -- The origin of canids and other doglike carnivorous mammals -- Diversity: who is who in the dog family -- Anatomy and function: how the parts work -- Hunting and social activity -- Changing environments and canid evolution -- Going places: braving new worlds -- Domestic dogs.