A 365,000-Year-Old Headache
I kid you not.
Ananova News Service has an interesting article about a skull found in southwestern Germany with a fossilized meningioma tumor:
Because skulls of Stone Age people were smaller than human skulls today, the researchers believe the person may have suffered chronic severe headaches and partial paralysis, and likely died from the tumour.
Ugh. What a way to go. At least he didn't get eaten by a saber-toothed tiger.
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