Leukemia in Neolithic Woman

In 2015, researchers found what is believed to be the oldest known case of cancer in humans.  The cancer, leukemia, was identified in the skeletal remains of a woman who lived near present-day Stuttgart-Mühlhausen (Germany).1

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• 1https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280069896_Scherf_H_Francken_M_Wahl_J_Harvati_K_2015_Leukemia_in_the_Neolithic_-_Evidence_in_cancellous_bone_of_a_7000_year_old_skeleton_Evolutionary_Medicine_Conference_Interdisciplinary_Perspectives_on_Human_H