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Neanderthal bone reveals modern day affliction

The first-known case of a bone tumor has been discovered in a fragment of the rib of a young Neanderthal who lived about 120,000 years ago in what is now present-day Croatia. The fragment, which comes from the archaeological cave site of Krapina, contains by far the earliest bone tumor ever identified. Bone tumors are […]

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