A mummy only 15.24 cm long with an unusually large skull was found in Chile 15 years ago, raising suspicions that these were alien bones. By 2018, the mystery was finally decoded.
The mummy found in Chile has an unusual skull size. Photo: Guardian |
The Guardian newspaper (UK) said this small mummy was found in the abandoned mining town of La Noria in the Atacama desert (Chile) in 2003. The mysterious mummy was then sold to a private collector in the West. Spain. Because of the mummy's strange shape, many people suspect that this is evidence that aliens exist and have visited Earth.
By 2018, scientists in California (USA) tested DNA from the mummy's bones. And the real story is revealed, this is the bone of a baby who was stillborn or died shortly after birth, with a special genetic mutation that caused the skull to have a long cone shape and only 10 ribs instead of 12 like in normal person. Scientists call this baby Ata.
The secret is revealed and these are the bones of a newborn baby. Photo: Guardian |
Although the initial estimate of Ata's bone age was between 6 and 8 years old, scientists later discovered that this girl had a bone age disorder.
Professor Garry Nolan at the University of California, who participated in the research on Ata, said that this baby may have died about 40 years ago.
