New Research Shows Dinosaurs Suffered From Malignant Cancer, Too
Scientists have identified an aggressive bone cancer — for the first time — in the fibula of a dinosaur that lived 76 to 77 million years ago. The diagnosis sheds new light on dinosaurs and disease.
Scientists from Canada's Royal Ontario Museum and McMaster University say they have identified malignant bone cancer in a dinosaur for the first time.
The new research was published earlier this week in the journal The Lancet Oncology.
The diagnosis? Osteosarcoma â an aggressive bone cancer â in the fibula, or lower leg bone, of a Centrosaurus apertus, a plant-eating, single-horned dinosaur that lived 76 to 77 million years ago.
The discovery
