Cancer found in 60-million-years old fossilized dinosaur tail plagues humans to this day

Archaeologists have recently found cavities in tailbones of certain disaurs, indicating that y suffered from cancer. This discovery proves that ancient reptiles suffered from painful tumours that afflict humans even to this day. existence of tumours was found in a 60-million-year-old fossilised tail of a hrosaur, commonly referred to as a duck-billed disaur.

hrosaur suffered from langerhans cell histiocytosis

According to reports, hrosaur that resided in modern-day Alberta, Cana suffered from 'langerhans cell histiocytosis', or LCH. In present day, disease is rare among humans and is more commonly found in children between of 5-10.

This of cancer can le to tissue dam and lesions across body, with symptoms varying with location of cancerous cell. discovery was me by biologist Hila May of Tel Aviv University and her team. According to reports, team located fossil at Disaur Provincial Park in sourn Alberta, Cana and spotted large cavities in two of vertebrae segments.

In an effort to better understand cavities, fossils were sent for micro-CT scanning at Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. micro-CT provided team with very high-resolution ims of bones and subsequently cavities where tumours are believed to have been.

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Reports indicate that micro and macro analysis of bones confirmed that disaur, in fact, h LCH. This was first confirmed case of disease in a disaur. According to Tel Aviv University anthropologist Israel Hershkovitz, who was t part of study, such studies make immense contribution to evolutionary medicine, which is still a relatively new field of study that focuses on investigating  development and behaviour of diseases over time. study was published in Scientific Reports journal.

'Reaper of Death'

Recently, Canian scientists have anunced that y have discovered a brand new species of disaur. new species of disaur is closely related to Tyransaurus rex that strode plain of rth America about 80 million years ago. This new species of disaur is believed to be oldest member of T-rex family.

According to researchers, Thanatoristes Degrootorum would have grown around 26 feet in length. Its name translated from Greek means 'reaper of death'. According to Darla Zelenitsky, who is an assistant professor of disaur palaeobiology at Cana’s University of Calgary, new species of disaur was named that way because, as per ir research it was only kwn large apex predator of its time in Cana.

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