The Hunt for the Prehistoric Roots of Cancer When you search the archives for the first known case of human cancer you come across the story of a prehistoric hominid called Kanam Man. The only remains that have been found of this relative of Homo sapiens is a petrified jawbone, and inside the curve of the tooth line is a large lump that many scientists believe to be osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone. The Kanam jaw, discovered in Kenya in ...
June 24, 2013 - Discover
Zeresenay Alemseged in Xinhua The finding is the most complete hominid skeleton ever found in the world,Zeresenay Alemseged, head of the Paleoanthropological Research Team, told a news conference.
Haile Selassie in BBC News The discovery of 12 early hominid fossil specimens estimated to be between 3.8 and 4 million years old will be important in terms of understanding the early phases of human evolution before Lucy,Yohannes Haile Selassie told a news conference.
William Saletan in WEBCommentary Saletan writes, "Imagine that: a hominid brain network you can treat like a lab animal because it is a lab animal."