We describe the earliest evidence for neoplastic disease in the hominin lineage. This is reported from the type specimen of the extinct hominin Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa, dated to 1.98 million years ago.
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/south-african-journal-science
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