A new research team highlights the flaws of the recent analysis of the "Alien" mummy: Report

In March of this year, a team of California medical and genetic researchers published an article that appeared to have answered many burning questions surrounding the mysterious "Atacama Alien".

It is said that he was dug up from the churchyard of an abandoned town in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the partially mummified remains of 15 centimeters shocked and puzzled the world since 2003, thanks to their tiny size and the strange fusion of features of a human skeleton and a classic "little green". "Hollywood alien"

Captivated by the strangeness and hoping to discover the true origin of the remains, Professor Garry Nolan of Stanford University conducted a detailed examination of the bones before buckling Atul Butte, of the UCSF, for a complete analysis of the genome. After five years of work, Nolan and Butte concluded that the remains, fondly nicknamed "Ata", belong to a premature fetus who died about 40 years ago. They stated that the abnormal morphology and contradictory condition of the bone plate – which initially suggested that Ata was 6 to 8 years old at the time of death – could be explained by the many identified genetic mutations.

But now, an international group of experts in Anatomy, Anthropology, Archeology, Obstetrics and Gynecology are questioning these findings

In an article published in The International Journal of Paleopathology, lead author Sian Halcrow and his colleagues argue that available physical evidence does not support Nolan and Butte's statement that Ata is riddled with malformations. In addition, they claim that variations in DNA sequences found in the Ata genome are unlikely to cause skeletal or joint problems and the effects of the new mutations simply can not be deduced for the ## EQU1 ## 39; instant.

we find no evidence of any of the skeletal abnormalities claimed by the authors. Their observations of "abnormalities" represent the normal skeletal development in the fetus, the cranial molding of childbirth, "essentially, the particular shape of the skull can be explained by the pressure of vaginal birth" and the effects post-mortem potential. written.