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Modern Medical Techniques Reveal Malignant Cancer in 77-Million Year-Old Dinosaur Bone – EcoWatch
Scientists have discovered and diagnosed the first instance of malignant cancer in a dinosaur, and they did so by using modern medical techniques. They published their results earlier this week in The Lancet Oncology.
In 1989, a badly-deformed lower leg bone of a Centrosaurus apertus was found in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. One end of the fossilized fibula was enlarged and warped, leading scientists to originally presume a healed fracture.
Centrosaurus apertus was a plant-eati…
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