Description

Author: Olsen, Stanley J. (1919-2003)

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Pub Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair to Good. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Previous owner’s name stamped on front pastedown. Without dust jacket. Embossed front board. Lettering on spine and front board still sharp, easily readable. Very light edge and corner wear.

Notes: “One of the problems of determining whether an archaeological find represents an early dog or a local wild species of the same genus is the close resemblance of the dentitions of most similar-sized recent species of Canis to one another. Even when comparing fossil canids with recent forms, it is apparent that the dentitions of present day canids have not changed drastically from those of their fossil ancestors that date back to the Miocene epoch, at least 15 million years ago.” (from Chapter 1: The Fossil Ancestry of Canis). “Fluffy? Is that you?”