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Hard to believe it is real - is it in your tree

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CupCakes Report 24 Apr 2013 13:53

Is this really human? DNA tests on six-inch skeleton of 'alien-looking' creature with over-sized head prove it was actually human claim scientists in new documentary
10 years ago the bones of a six-inch skeleton with a large head were found in Chile
There was speculation that the Atacama humanoid, nicknamed Ata, was either an aborted fetus, a monkey or even an alien
Now scientists at Stanford University have carried out conclusive DNA tests which have found the remains are those of a mutated human


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2313828/Is-really-human-DNA-tests-inch-skeleton-alien-looking-creature-sized-head-prove-actually-human-claim-scientists-new-documentary.html#ixzz2RNuoTRhS
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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 Apr 2013 16:42

Really weird. Pity the article didn't say if carbon dating tests had been carried out.

Unless there was a race of equally small people, it's unlikely that it would have been able to reproduce. Your DNA is safe! (crossed fingers)