CEN The enlarged skull of the mysterious skeleton

The spectacular full skeleton with an "alien-like skull" was discovered at Arkaim, known as Russia's answer to Stonehenge. It has sparked fresh hope among the UFO community that tangible evidence of extra terrestrial beings has now been found. UFologists rushed to insist it was proof that aliens had once visited Earth when pictures of the humanoid figure with the egg-shaped skull emerged. Video has been released of Russian archaeologists unearthing the strange-shaped skull, and appearing to laugh histerically as they do it.

CEN The huge size of the top of the skull was seen first

They believe the high forehead means it could be the skull of a so called "alien grey" - the type of large-eyed, large foreheaded creatures often depicted in alien Sci-Fi films or in hoaxes. Archaeologists, however, believe the skeleton belonged to a female from a 4,000 BC settlement. The skull was elongated because the tribe which lived in Arkaim, near the modern-day city of Chelyabinsk in central Russia, used to bind the head to make it grow out of shape, experts said. It is not in doubt the skull was significantly elongated, and, according to the experts, belonged to a woman who was in the tribe that was part of what is now modern day Ukraine.

CEN The team were shocked by the discovery

CEN The skeleton is uncovered

We have found a well-preserved skeleton. I would not exclude the possibility that the skeleton belongs to a woman from the Sarmati tribe that lived in the territories of what is now modern day Ukraine, Kazakhstan and southern Russia. Researcher Maria Makurova

Researcher Maria Makurova said: "We have found a well-preserved skeleton. I would not exclude the possibility that the skeleton belongs to a woman from the Sarmati tribe that lived in the territories of what is now modern day Ukraine, Kazakhstan and southern Russia. "Her skull was elongated because the tribe did so by tying up the heads of their children with rope. It was clearly a tradition in the tribe." She declined to comment on speculation it was attributed to alien visitors saying currently they were still working on theories as to why the tribe had the tradition. In an apparent a game of alien vs archaeology chess, UFO investigators put forward a wildly speculative theory that it still amounts to evidence to support them even if it is found to be a human who manipulated her skull. UFO watchers claim if this was the case, the tribe was doing this as a way of mimicking the elongated skulls of the alien visitors to the area.

YOUTUBE Arkaim in Russia

Arkaim, like Stonehenge, is believed to have been built around 4,000 BC and was possible to make studies of the stars. There have been many claims of UFOs and aliens visiting Stonehenge in the past. Scientists who revealed the latest skeleton believe the body was actually comparatively recent compared to the age of the site, and was probably from the second or third century after Christ. The Akraim archaeological site was discovered in 1987 and it appeared to be an important site to study Bronze Age. It has since then has yielded spectacular discoveries. As well as being a primitive astronomical observatory it was also a village that was fortified by two large stone circular walls. The settlement covers an area of some 220,000sq-ft and consists of two circles of dwellings separated by a street, with a central community square in the centre.