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South African Journal of Science

• Earliest hominin cancer: 1.7-million-year-old osteosarcoma from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa

  <p>The reported incidence of neoplasia in the extinct human lineage is rare, with only a few confirmed cases of Middle or Later Pleistocene dates reported. It has generally been assumed that pre-modern

  • 28/07/2016

  • South African Journal of Science
  • • Cancer
    • South Africa
    • Fossils
    • Research
    • History

• Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease

  <p>We describe the earliest evidence for neoplastic disease in the hominin lineage. This is reported from the type specimen of the extinct hominin Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa, dated

  • 01/07/2016

  • South African Journal of Science
  • • Cancer
    • History
    • Fossils
    • South Africa
    • Research