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Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History

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Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History
AuthorXiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford
LanguageEnglish
GenreReference
PublisherColumbia University Press
Publication date
2008
Pages232 pp
ISBN0-231-13528-9
OCLC185095648
599.77/2 22
LC ClassQL737.C22 W36 2008

Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History is a book by Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford. It was published in 2008 by Columbia University Press. The book offers a "holistic picture of canid evolution" and an overview of existing and extinct taxa, also detailing the evidence for the domestication and evolution of domestic dogs from their wolf ancestors.[1] It has received particular praise for its in-depth coverage of Chinese canids.[2]

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  1. ^ Lewis, M (Sep 2009). "Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 84 (3): 315–316. doi:10.1086/644718.
  2. ^ Yule, JV (Apr 2009). "Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History by X. Wang and R. H. Tedford". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (2): 525–526. doi:10.1644/08-mamm-r-282.1.