Hypercarnivorous teeth and healed injuries to Canis chihliensis from Early Pleistocene Nihewan beds, China, support social hunting for ancestral wolves

Collaborative hunting by complex social groups is a hallmark of large dogs (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae), whose teeth also tend to be hypercarnivorous, specialized toward increased cutting edges for meat consumption and robust p4-m1 complex for cracking bone. The deep history of canid pack hunting...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Haowen Tong, Xi Chen, Bei Zhang, Bruce Rothschild, Stuart White, Mairin Balisi, Xiaoming Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2020-09-01
Subjects:	Canis chihliensis Dental injury Limb fracture Bone cracking Pack hunting Early Pleistocene
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/9858.pdf