Robinson,John Talbot. — The dentition of the Australopithecinae.

Pretoria, Transvaal Museum, [1956]. 179 pp. 50 b./w. figs. Orig. hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Large 8vo. - Endpaper foxed & with owner's name; cover with lights shelfwear, (Transvaal Museum. Memoir no. 9).A groundbreaking monograph by paleontologist John T. Robinson that fundamentally changed paleoanthropology through the analysis of teeth. He demonstrated that the dentition of australopithecines exhibits a mosaic of hominid features - such as reduced canines - and used these dietary and morphological characteristics to classify them into different genera. Robinson's dental analysis led to several groundbreaking conclusions regarding the biology and evolutionary timeline of early hominins.