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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A woman has been left unable to walk after her spinal cancer symptoms were mistaken for signs of the menopause and a gardening injury. Karen Davey, 54, from Cornwall, began experiencing …

A groundbreaking discovery has recently reshaped our understanding of early animal evolution. A long-misidentified fossil at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, initially described in 1865 as a caterpillar, is now recognized as the oldest known nonmarine lobopodian. This extraordinary fossil, Palaeocampa anthrax, bridges the gap between worms and modern arthropods, providing new insights into the early diversification of life. Published …