I think Maureen's reasoning is probably the correct one. Life was very short. It wasn't until life spans began increasing that cancer death rates began increasing.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> actually cancer have been found in some fossilized bones. I'll have to >> check again but I remember reading about how cancerous lesions were >> found on some dinosaur bones. >> >> > Yes, they note that in the study, but they also note that such examples are > rare and that the vast majority of samples (hundreds of mummies, thousands > of Neanderthal bones, many fossils) show no cancer. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329214 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
