Evolution in Action at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

No single species takes more and more varied forms than Canis lupus familiaris, better known as the dog. Starting with a single domesticated variety of wolf, natural circumstance and human breeding have conspired to produce pony-sized Irish Wolfhounds and moplike Lhasa Apsos, accordion-faced Sharpeis and swivel-eared Chihuahuas, Bichon Frises and Salukis and Rottweilers and everything in between. To get a sense of this vast evolutionary smorgasbord, nothing beats the annual Westminster Kenn
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