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Starchild skull The Starchild skull is an abnormal human-like skull which was found in Mexico. Its origin and nature are contested by scientists and

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Its origin and nature are contested by scientists and paranormal enthusiasts. Additional recommended knowledge How to quickly check pipettes? Guide to balance cleaning: 8 simple steps Daily Visual Balance Check History The starchild skull came into the possession of Lloyd Pye, a writer and lecturer in the field of alternative knowledge, in February 1999.[1] According to Pye, the skull was found around 1930 in a mine tunnel about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of the Mexican city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, buried alongside a normal human skeleton which was exposed and lying supine on the surface of the tunnel.[2] The skull is abnormal in several aspects. A dentist determined, based on examination of the upper right maxilla found with the skull, that it was a child's skull, 4.5 to 5 years in age.[3] However, the volume of the interior of the starchild skull is 1600 cubic centimeters, which is 200 cm³ larger than the average adult's brain, and 400 cm³ larger than an adult of the same approximate size. The orbits are oval and shallow, with the optic nerve canal situated at the bottom of the orbit instead of at the back. There are no frontal sinuses.[2] The back of the skull is flattened, but not by artificial means. The skull consists of calcium hydroxyapatite, the normal material of mammalian bone.[4] Carbon 14 dating was performed twice, the first on the normal human skull at the University of California at Riverside in 1999, and on the Starchild skull in 2004 at Beta Analytic in Miami, the largest radiocarbon dating laboratory in the world. Both independent tests gave a result of 900 years ± 40 years since death. [5] DNA testing in 1999 at BOLD, a forensic DNA lab in Vancouver, British Columbia found standard X and Y chromosomes in two samples taken from the skull. BOLD was unable to extract any DNA from the maxilla.[5] Further DNA testing at Trace Genetics, which unlike BOLD specializes in extracting DNA from ancient samples, in 2003 recovered mitochondrial DNA and determined that the child had a human mother, though it was not the child of the skull found with it. Its mother did belong to a known Native American haplogroup, haplogroup C. However, useful lengths of nuclear DNA for further testing could not be recovered. [6] Later testing in 2004 at the Royal Holloway Institute [1] at the University of London revealed unexplained "fibers" in the bone of the skull and a reddish residue in the cancellous bone, neither of which are known or recorded to exist prior to the discovery.[7] Paranormal Interest Despite criticism from established science, the skull has gathered great interest within the study of UFOs and alien life forms. Some contend that it is the skull of a non-human, or a human/non-human hybrid, based on the shape of the skull bearing similarities to the common grey representation of aliens.[8] Attempts to extract nuclear DNA to confirm or refute this belief were unsuccessful.[6] Lloyd Pye believes that the starchild skull is the result of genetic engineering by aliens, creating a human-alien hybrid.[2] Other explanations have included the use of cradle boarding on a hydrocephalic child,[9] brachycephaly, or Crouzon syndrome.[10] References ^ Pye, Lloyd. TERRIBLE TWO'S : Summary of the first Two Years. Starchild Project. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. ^ a b c McCoy, Max (November 1999). "Star Child". Fortean Times (127): 42-45. ^ Brown, Matthew. A Report on Maxilla and Dental X-Rays. Starchild Project. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. ^ Robinson, Ted J.. A Preliminary Analysis of a Highly Unusual Human-Like Skull. Starchild Project. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. ^ a b Pye, Lloyd. A Forensic DNA Analysis of two Unusual Skulls of Uncertain Origin. Starchild Project. Retrieved on 2007-12-29. ^ a b Pye, Lloyd. Early DNA Testing. Starchild Project. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. ^ Alien Skull Mystery Continues. WUSA9 (Oct. 23, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-10-01. ^ WORLD EXCLUSIVE DNA PHOTOGRAPHS. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. ^ Phoenix, Jack (Early 2005 (special)). "Unconvention 2004". Fortean Times (191): 28-30. ^ Chow, Adelina (2006). The Mystery of the Starchild Skull. World-Mysteries.com. 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