Annom said:

They did a DNA test and found human DNA. What more do you want?

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check it out Annom...

from: http://starchildproject.com/research.htm

"In the summer of 2003 the Starchild's DNA was sequenced and analyzed by Trace Genetics, a laboratory dedicated to the recovery of ancient DNA. (At 900 years of age, the Starchild DNA is considered "ancient.") Two types of DNA were sought, its mitochondrial DNA (which contains only the mother's DNA) and its nuclear DNA (the entire genomic package that comes from both parents). Its mitochondrial DNA was easy to recover and proved its mother was human. In six full attempts its nuclear DNA could not be recovered. This was an overwhelming indication that its father was something other than entirely human, but that was all that could be determined by that process. What was needed, but was unavailable at the time, was a test to recover the entire genome so the genetic heritage of both parents could be recovered and studied in detail."

"In the summer of 2006 a company called 454 Life Sciences (now a Roche Applied System company) announced it had developed entirely new technology that would allow the sequencing of an entire genome base-pair by base-pair, all three billion of them (in a typical human). This was exactly what was needed to establish the Starchild's genetic heritage, but the cost of analysis (multi-millions at that early point) put it well beyond the reach of the Starchild Project in 2006. However, everyone understood that improvements in the technology would drop the price over time, so the team accepted that testing could not be initiated until sometime in 2009 or 2010."

"Now testing with the 454 Life Science technology is set to begin some time in 2009. This testing will utilize the Genome Sequencer™ system, which is fully capable of recovering and sequencing the entire genome of the Starchild Skull. When this result is obtained, its genome can then be compared in every detail to other known genomes and the question of its humanity can conclusively be resolved."

Most recent update, from Lloyd Pye's official facebook page:

"The Starchild's nuclear DNA has been confirmed as existing and recoverable, so now we are pointing everything toward the recovery of its entire genome. History in the making!"

So it seems as though the nuclear DNA has not been recovered yet, but the maternal mitochondrial DNA has. So, there is no way they have determined whether this is a human or an alien or a hybrid of both, because the DNA in the nucleus of the osteocytes of the skull still have not been fully extracted and analyzed. Sounds like the information will be out soon, hopefully in the next year! Exciting times to be alive

Annom said:

Yeah, but answer my question, how likely is it for hypothetical aliens to be able to mate with humans?

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Annom said:

I don't mean physically mate. Why would they have DNA that is compatible with human DNA, even if they have Earth like DNA at all?

But yes, I'm sure that aliens able to travel to Earth are able to engineer some DNA if the want.

Isn't it much more likely just a human mutant? I mean, it just doesn't make sense to me that advanced intelligent life would come to Earth, do something with human DNA to create one (or maybe a few) modified humans and then leave Earth again. I can make alien theories for all unexplained phenomena.

It's just very unlikely to be alien work and you have to accept the simpler explanation for now. It's good that someone checks the DNA, but I don't think it is very promising.

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HarveyWalbanger said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starchild_skull

Sounds human to me.  Male too.

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Quote:

The skull consists of calcium hydroxyapatite, the normal material of mammalian bone.

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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, "conclusive evidence that the child was not only human (and male), but both of his parents must have been human as well, for each must have contributed one of the human sex chromosomes".

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Quote:

Potential explanations for the skull's unusual features include the use of cradle boarding on a hydrocephalic  child,[8]  brachycephaly, Crouzon syndrome,[9]  congenital hydrocephalus, or potentially progeria.

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ChuangTzu said:

Pooktza, I am surprised that as a medical student you cannot see the significance of the evidence that that is a human skull and the insignificance of any evidence to the contrary...

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PookztA said:

As for the information you took from Wikipedia...


Wikipedia has a small group of moderators that censor and edit information that they do not like.

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ChuangTzu said:

PookztA said:

As for the information you took from Wikipedia...


Wikipedia has a small group of moderators that censor and edit information that they do not like.

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The information was on wikipedia but it was sourced from sites which you yourself have linked.  Check the references.

By the way, where is any evidence that the bone is stronger than normal bone, lighter than normal bone, has unknown fibers embedded in it, etc.?  Somebody said that, but who?  How do they know?  How did they measure these things?  Where are photos of the hairs, etc.?  For all we know, that has all been entirely made up.

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PookztA said:

I had already checked the sources, and some of them I had posted, but some of them I had not. For example, the claim that the skull has been identified as a human male, was referenced to an opinionated article. Although that article was written by an M.D., it was an opinionated article, and not research / evidence-based.

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