Peruvian 3-Fingered Mummies Could Be 'Extraterrestrial' Or 'Bio Robots,' Russian Scientists Say

The anatomical structure of the mummies discovered near Nazca, in southern Peru, last year is not human, Russian scientists who were studying the case said. A team of researchers from St. Petersburg, who collected the tissue samples in Peru and brought them back to Russia to study, have determined that the mummies -- with elongated heads and three fingers on each hand -- possess 23 chromosomes that are human but lack the human anatomy. One of the mummies is named Maria, a 5th-century woman believed to predate the arrival of Europeans in America. Scientists believe that she belonged to a race that was wiped from existence due to a flood or a comet strike. Apart from Maria, the scientists are also studying a nine-year-old mummy called Vavita, and four other male mummies.