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Mummy of a 6-inch Atacama 'alien' with a cone-shaped head is HUMAN: Bizarre remains belong to a baby girl who had dwarfism, DNA study reveals
The origins of a 6-inch skeleton that was once thought to be the remains of an alien have been uncovered by scientists.
A new DNA study of the bones shows the remains are in fact human and belonged to a baby girl who had dwarfism. Nicknamed 'Ata', the incredible find made in 2003 in Atacama, Chile, has a long cone-like skull and just ten ribs.
The skeleton found its way to a collector in Spain who speculated that it was an extra-terrestrial – judging from its bizarre appeareance – and it appeared in a documentary, Sirus, which suggested it was evidence of alien life.
After five years of deep genomic analysis scientists have pinpointed the mutations responsible for the bizarre specimen.
Genetic tests at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University have proven beyond contention that the bones were that of a human female that died 40 years ago.
It was initially thought to be a child around 6 to 8 years old, but scientists now believe it was a fetus, or a child that died shortly after birth.
The researchers found mutations in not one but several genes known to govern bone development, some of which have never been described before.
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The origins of a 6-inch skeleton that was once thought to be the remains of an alien have been uncovered by scientists.
A new DNA study of the bones shows the remains are in fact human and belonged to a baby girl who had dwarfism. Nicknamed 'Ata', the incredible find made in 2003 in Atacama, Chile, has a long cone-like skull and just ten ribs.
The skeleton found its way to a collector in Spain who speculated that it was an extra-terrestrial – judging from its bizarre appeareance – and it appeared in a documentary, Sirus, which suggested it was evidence of alien life.
After five years of deep genomic analysis scientists have pinpointed the mutations responsible for the bizarre specimen.
Genetic tests at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University have proven beyond contention that the bones were that of a human female that died 40 years ago.
It was initially thought to be a child around 6 to 8 years old, but scientists now believe it was a fetus, or a child that died shortly after birth.
The researchers found mutations in not one but several genes known to govern bone development, some of which have never been described before.
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