ISBN 9780231135283 (cloth : alk. paper : alk. paper)
ISBN 9780231135290
Print version: Wang, Xiaoming. Dogs : their fossil relatives and evolutionary history. New York : Columbia University Press, [2008] viii, 219 pages ; 27 cm ISBN 9780231135290
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.