Matter: Was a Tiny Mummy in the Atacama an Alien? No, but the Real Story Is Almost as Strange

Known as “ Ata, ” the six-inch-long skeleton was discovered in Chile and may have had genetic mutations causing a bone disorder never before documented.

Source: NYT Health - March 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CARL ZIMMER Tags: Genetics and Heredity Mummies and Mummification Chile Skeletons DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Bones Archaeology and Anthropology Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Stillbirth Source Type: news