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2024-02-12 00:12:11 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 40AD267E7D1B40FFAC2129B33CE64D2241A54AE72EDC2C163628805B2B21CDBB
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False & misleading. Our ancestors certainly had cancer. The oldest descriptions of cancer go back to 3,000BC https://www.cancer.org/cancer/understanding-cancer/history-of-cancer/what-is-cancer.html Cancerous growths in humans were found in Egyptian and Peruvian mummies dating back to 1500 BC. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.29134 From 1.7 million years ago is a fossil cancer on an ancient human https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099301-fossil-tumour-is-oldest-evidence-of-human-cancer-discovered-yet/#:~:text=Dating%20back%201.7%20million%20years,are%20not%20sure%20which%20species.
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