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An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator
Mar 4, 2025
17:41
E978
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About this episode
A study finds that Peto’s Paradox, which states that larger animals are no more likely to get cancer than smaller ones, may not hold up. Also, a nearly complete predator skull was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore of the age.
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Episode Details
- Author
- Flora Lichtman, Charles Bergquist
- Show Type
- full
- Audio Format
- audio/mpeg