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Shattered Souls

Thinking Sideways: Atacama Skeleton

Shattered Souls

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Education

4.34.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In 2003, a skeleton was found in an abandoned town in the Chilean desert of the Atacama. While this finding is not odd, the fact that the skeleton was just 6 inches (15 cm) long was. After DNA testing revealed the skeleton only shared 91% of it's DNA with humans, theories began to run wild as to what this skeleton belongs to.

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0:00.0

Thinking sideways is not brought to you by pinning us to your wall.

0:04.1

Instead, it's supported by the generous donations of our listeners on Patreon.

0:09.4

Visit patreon.com slash thinking sideways to learn more.

0:13.5

And thanks.

0:14.5

Thinking sideways.

0:19.0

I don't understand that.

0:21.5

It does not come to you.

0:23.3

You never know.

0:24.9

It's a big mistake that the folks will need in this slide.

0:27.5

What?

0:28.8

Stories of things we simply don't know the answer to.

0:34.8

Hey guys, it's thinking sideways.

0:37.1

The podcast.

0:38.1

I'm Devon joined this week by my special guest co-hosts.

0:43.3

Joe.

0:44.3

And Steve.

0:45.3

Yay!

0:46.3

That's the first special guest this week.

0:48.3

Yeah.

0:49.3

And this week we're going to talk about a mystery.

0:51.3

It's going to be a little one.

0:53.3

It's a little...

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