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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:29 AM Jun 2013

Neanderthal clues to cancer origins

A Neanderthal living 120,000 years ago had a cancer that is common today, according to a fossil study.

A fossilised Neanderthal rib found in a shallow cave at Krapina, Croatia, shows signs of a bone tumour.

The discovery is the oldest evidence yet of a tumour in the human fossil record, say US scientists.

The research, published in the journal PLOS One, gives clues to the complex history of cancer in humans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22780717

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Neanderthal clues to cancer origins (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jun 2013 OP
du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #1
It must have been all that frankenfood and HFCS and preservatives he was eating. Silent3 Jun 2013 #2
It was that damn lousy Paleo diet! Warpy Jun 2013 #3

Silent3

(15,020 posts)
2. It must have been all that frankenfood and HFCS and preservatives he was eating.
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:01 PM
Jun 2013

'Cause we all know that cancer is only caused by chemicals and capitalism.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
3. It was that damn lousy Paleo diet!
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 05:11 PM
Jun 2013

If they really want to study cancer, they don't have to restrict themselves to human cancers. The disease occurs throughout hgher organisms.

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