The first definitive case of a fibrous dysplastic neoplasm in a 120,000-year-old Neanderthal rib from the site of Krapina in present-day Croatia reveals that Neanderthals suffered a cancer that is common in modern-day humans, say scientists led by Dr David Frayer from the University of Kansas. Reconstruction of a Neanderthal (Neanderthal Museum) The discovery of the world’s oldest tumor, reported in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, predates previous...
