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

Overview of attention for article published in South African Journal of Science, July 2016

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Swartkrans

Cited by user TCMemoire on 18 Jul 2017

Swartkrans is a fossil-bearing cave designated as a South African National Heritage Site, located about from Johannesburg.

Cancer cell

Cited by user Pressxtoskip on 01 Aug 2016

Cancer cells are cells that divide relentlessly, forming solid tumours or flooding the blood with abnormal cells.