Permian Lizard-Like Animal Suffered from a Bone Condition Similar to Paget's Disease (IMAGE)

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Permian Lizard-Like Animal Suffered from a Bone Condition Similar to Paget's Disease

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A lizard-like animal that lived 289 million years ago suffered from a bone condition similar to Paget's disease, according to a study published August 7, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Yara Haridy of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and colleagues. This is the most ancient known case of such a disease.

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Images are provided by: Yara Haridy/Museum für Naturekunde, Berlin

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