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Topic started on 15-6-2004 @ 10:47 AM by radardog
I have recently had a personal connection to the scientific study of an animal's skull that has been dubbed "StarChild." For those of you who do not know of the project, a link with information and current analysis can be found here: StarChild Project.

Anyway, a close friend of my Aunt was asked to look at the skull to give her expert opinion on it. What she told my Aunt and the rest of my family was startling: She claimed there was no way for it to be human.

DNA tests so far have determined that it has a human mother. The father is unknown. For the in-depth analysis, check out the site. Oddly, there is no direct evidence of "skull binding" either. Which raises the question: Hybrid?


reply posted on 15-6-2004 @ 01:43 PM by Enki
Originally posted by radardog
It's a report back from a genetics lab. Nothing special was found out about the entity. Only that its mother was an average human for the area. Also that the father couldn't be found due to some complications.


They way I read it, the skull was from a human male and they couldn't determine much else due to damage.

www.starchildproject.com...
[Amelogenin gave another X-Y read as a male, which allows the extrapolation that both the X
and Y chromosomes had to come from humans
, as occurred in test #4. And there were still no
significant (supra-threshold) results generated, which means not enough DNA was recovered to
complete allele calls that would allow paternity testing
.]

"Conclusions-

Due to the strict cleaning regimen employed with this sample, it is my opinion that the DNA that
was isolated and tested was not from exogenous, contaminating DNA. The result appears to be
due to the age of the skull; the genomic DNA is too degraded to provide a complete profile. The
sex of the decedent has been verified as male
. The traces of DNA that were recovered in each of
the numerous tests performed in this laboratory responded to human-specific probes."


The lack of evidence (skeleton washed away, first DNA test not conclusive) and the requesting donations so that further testing can be done sets of my hoax alarm. If the skull is a hoax, it's even entirely possible that he really believes in it and his theories. In his December 2003 update, he appears to be leading people on with vague yet exciting results that require a trip to "Kureha Special Laboratory in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture" to perform further tests. Unfortunately, all these tests cost money, that's where the paypal donation button, prominently placed on the main page, comes in. If you keep giving him more money, he'll either heroicly strive to get whatever necessary tests done to uncover the truth... or just lead you on with more inconclusive results until his book sales start drying up.

I think you'll find a lot of skeptical people around here after the Aussie Bloke hoax and the GAIACOMM hoax.
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