Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 112, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages

  Randolph Quinney, Patrick S ^a,b,h   Williams, Scott A ^b,c   Steyn, Maryna ^a   Meyer, Marc R ^d   Smilg, Jacqueline S ^b,e   Churchill, Steven E ^b,f   Odes, Edward J ^a,b   Augustine, Tanya ^a   Tafforeau, Paul ^g   Berger, Lee R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chaffey College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malapa; Malignant; Neoplasia; Osteoma; Palaeopathology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TUMOR; TYPE SPECIMEN;

GAUTENG; MALAPA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 85013043908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150470     Document Type: Article

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