The true identity of the thing which was supposed to be an alien mummy of about 15 cm tall was found out

In 2003, a mummy about 15 cm tall was found in the Atacama region of Chile. Although this mummy has a very developed skeleton, it was thought that it might be a mummy of extraterrestrial life body because it had only 20 ribs with 24 ribs in a normal human being, and had a long and narrow skull. It was. When the researchers investigated the DNA, it turned out that the identity of the mummy was human.

Whole-genome sequencing of Atacama skeleton shows novel mutations linked with dysplasia
https://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2018/03/21/gr.223693.117

Surreal, six-inch mummy with an elongated skull finally described by scientists
https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/genetic/six-inch-mummy-skull-22032018/

Alien mystery solved: Tiny skeleton belonged to a human girl with rare genetic defects
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-bizarre-human-skeleton-20180322-story.html

Stanford UniversityThe research team of Garry Nolan et al. Investigated the DNA of the mummy and found that it was a human girl with an ancestor of the Chilean people. The skeleton looks like an adult, but Noran says that this mummy is stillborn or presumed that it is only living a few days after being born. In fact, it seems to be unclear how much actually lived.


Researchers investigated the strange features of this mummy, such as extremely low height, skull shape, abnormal bone development, few ribs. Then, this mummy is "Dwarfism"Scoliosis"There was mutation of multiple genes such as" skeletal muscle abnormality "It seems that it could be confirmed. It is expected that these diseases prompted abnormal bone development.


In addition, this girl not only deforms of the skeleton but also life threatening threatening the diaphragm not being formed correctlyCongenital diaphragmatic herniaIt is also speculated that I was suffering from a disease called "

Mr. Nolan says, "She was in such a state that I could not eat anything - in this state it would be normal for an intensive care unit for a newborn baby (NICU), But in places where mummies were discovered, such places were not available. This mummy started as a story of the first alien and became a global topic, but in reality it was a "story of tragedy". A woman had a deformed baby, was cherished in a different way and sold as a strange art piece. And this baby teaches us about genetic variation that may be a hint to help someone right now. "