The Book Prize Index

Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives & Evolutionary History

Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford

"Xiaoming Wang has spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae, and Richard H. Tedford is well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions of both extinct and extant species, Wang and Tedford present a remarkably detailed and nuanced portrait of the origin and evolution of canids over the past 40 million years. The authors cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted in the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions."--BOOK JACKET.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryAward Category: PROSE Award for Earth and Environmental Sciences -> Arts & CriticismNatural History & AnimalsScience & DiscoveryArchives, Museums & Historical MethodFamily, Childhood & Adoption

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for Earth and Environmental Sciences2008Honorable mentionOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Mauricio Anton36%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

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    • American Museum of Natural History55%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Wang and Tedford, using fossil reconstructions and prior research drawn from major museum collections, provide a detailed, nuanced account of canid origins and evolution over the past 40 million years.

    Model confidence 44%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.