Editing Sarcoma (section)

== In fossils ==
In 2016, scientists reported the discovery of an [[osteosarcoma]] tumor in a 1.6–1.8 million-year-old fossil from the skeleton of the now-extinct [[hominin]] species ''[[Australopithecus sediba]]'', making it the earliest-known case of human cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/health/oldest-human-cancer-found/index.html|title=Scientists find cancer in million-year-old fossil| vauthors = Willingham AJ |website=CNN|date=28 July 2016|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Randolph-Quinney PS, Williams SA, Steyn M, Meyer MR, Smilg JS, Churchill SE, Odes EJ, Augustine T, Tafforeau P, Berger LR |title=Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease |journal=South African Journal of Science |date=2016 |volume=112 |issue=7/8 | page = 7 | doi = 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150470 |url=https://sajs.co.za/article/view/3562|doi-access=free }}</ref>