| Title |
Earliest hominin cancer: 1.7-million-year-old osteosarcoma from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
South African Journal of Science, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150471 |
| Authors |
Edward J. Odes, Patrick S. Randolph-Quinney, Maryna Steyn, Zach Throckmorton, Jacqueline S. Smilg, Bernhard Zipfel, Tanya N. Augustine, Frikkie De Beer, Jakobus W. Hoffman, Ryan D. Franklin, Lee R. Berger |
Twitter Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 15% |
| South Africa | 10 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 6% |
| Spain | 6 | 4% |
| Canada | 5 | 3% |
| Argentina | 4 | 3% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| Iraq | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 69 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 117 | 82% |
| Scientists | 15 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 202 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 199 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 14% |
| Researcher | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 37 | 18% |
| Unknown | 37 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 29 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 14% |
| Arts and Humanities | 12 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 40 | 20% |
| Unknown | 47 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1815. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 July 2023.
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