Brain tumour found in 365,000-year-old skull

Scientists have discovered rare evidence of a brain tumour in a fossilised skull dating back to the Stone Age, a German university said today.

Based on measurements of the 365,000-year-old early human skull excavated at Steinheim an der Murr in south-western Germany, three scientists concluded it is a rare example of a meningioma tumour, the University of Tuebingen said.