Posted on 06/06/2013 4:27:44 PM PDT by SatinDoll
The world's oldest known human tumor has been found in the rib bone of a Neanderthal who lived more than 120,000 years ago.
The bone was evacuated from a site in Krapina, Croatia more than 100 years ago and has been found to have contracted the fibrous dysplasia tumor, a cancer which is common among modern-day humans.
This discovery by David Frayer from the University of Kansas predates previous evidence of the tumor by more than 100,000 years.
Before this discovery, the earliest bone tumor was seen in an Egyptian mummy around 2,000 years ago.
David Frayer, professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, said: "It's evidence that Neanderthals suffered tumors - that they were susceptible to the same kinds of diseases that we see in modern humans.
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(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...
Also of interest is that DNA of the Ice man, Otzi, has a chunk of Neanderthal DNA in his genetic makeup.
There have been genetics testing that link Otzi with northern Italian locals.
Ping to you, for godsgravesglyphs.
One would think we’d have gotten rid of cancer by now.
Interesting except for the fact, as written, it is not a cancer.
Well thanks to Obamacommiecare we may have to wait another 120,000 years.
Do you think he meant excavated?
That’s Donald Sutherland.
Get the DNA of the cancer and see if it is the same as now!
he should have said exhumed
Gee, I hope they can help the guy.
One would think we’d have gotten rid of cancer by now
Cancer is a genetic disease.We will never get rid of Cancer.We may delay it for a short time but Cancer will win the battle.
His ObamaCare chemotherapy will begin any day now.
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The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Gee, I hope they can help the guy.
Well, under ObamaCare, his turn to see a physician should be coming up any day now!
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