Bone cancer found in 240-million-year-old stem-turtle fossil
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 09:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A team of researchers with Museum für Naturkunde and Charité—Universitätsmedizin, both in Germany, reports a case of a rare type of cancer in a 240-million-year-old stem-turtle fossil. In their paper published in JAMA Oncology, the group describes their study of the unique growth on the ancient fossil.