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Genome study shows the Atacama 'alien' skeleton is human

When: 22 Mar 2018
Where: Stanford, CA
Sources: 2 public sources

Stanford and UCSF researchers published a whole-genome study in Genome Research showing that 'Ata', a tiny skeleton from Chile's Atacama Desert promoted in a 2013 UFO documentary as possibly alien, was a human female, likely a fetus, carrying rare bone-related mutations.

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PressMystery solved: 6-inch skeleton isn't an alien (Stanford Medicine release) (opens in a new tab)ScienceDaily (source: Stanford Medicine) / 2018-03-22
PressWas a Tiny Mummy in the Atacama an Alien? No, but the Real Story Is Almost as Strange (opens in a new tab)The New York Times (Carl Zimmer, reprinted at carlzimmer.com) / 2018-03-22

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