The mystery of a tiny skeletal mummy that has captured the public’s imagination and baffled scientists for years may have finally been solved. The body is just 6 inches long and likely a fetus; however, it has a skeletal structure that appears to be that of a 6-year-old child. Since the mummy had 10 pairs of ribs instead of 12 and an elongated head, some believed it could be an alien. But DNA tests confirmed that the skeleton, nicknamed “Ata” as it was discovered in Chile’s Atacama Desert in 2003, was human. “You can’t look at this specimen and not think it’s interesting; it’s quite dramatic.”

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2018 09:11 UTC