He also believed that it was of a species ancestral to modern humans but a member of the subfamily Australopithecinae.
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The terms " australopithecine ", et al ., come from a former classification as members of a distinct subfamily, the Australopithecinae.
3.
For an excellent and detailed summary of history of the ODK hypothesis see Wolberg, D . L . ( 1970 ) " The Hypothesized Osteodontokeratic Culture of the Australopithecinae " . " Current Anthropology"
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In 1956 he published what is arguably his most important work, a monograph titled " The Dentition of the Australopithecinae " after which the University of Cape Town awarded him a Doctor of Science degree.