Pp. xix, 527; numerous illustrations (black-and-white photos of fossils, line-drawings of fossils, charts and graphs). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, original yellow pictorial dust jacket lettered in dark blue with hominin skull on the front, lg 8vo (10.25 x 7.25 inches). Presents 30 chapters by notable authorities in the field all focused on the topic of the robust australopithecines (genus Paranthropus) from a variety of perspectives. From the Aldine series "Foundations of Human Behavior." No ownership marks and no signs of use.
Frederick E. Grine is professor and chairperson in the department of anthropology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has published many scientific articles in books and international journals, and he is co-editor of Primate Phylogeny and Scanning Microscopy of Vertebrate Mineralized Tissues and author of Regional Human Anatomy.