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Anthropology

cstanleytech

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5. Well, there is evidence that dinosaurs developed cancer so it stands to reason that

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 06:24 PM

Sep 2022

if dinosaurs had cancer then our ancestors had some of the same things we have now as well such as psoriasis.
The real question is how prevalent was it?

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