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minus-squareclockwork_octopus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNice! Glad to see they made their correction public. Not really sure how they could have screwed that up so badly though, aren’t male & female skeletons different enough that they’re recognizable? Or isn’t that a thing?
minus-squarekromem@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoHere is an excellent essay that discusses some of the history and issues with sexing based on bones over the years from an anthropologist. TL;DR: Better now, not always clear cut, had issues before 1972 of people just assuming ‘male’ instead of “I don’t know.”
minus-squarecutspaper@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think the bones may have been in bad condition.
Nice! Glad to see they made their correction public. Not really sure how they could have screwed that up so badly though, aren’t male & female skeletons different enough that they’re recognizable? Or isn’t that a thing?
Here is an excellent essay that discusses some of the history and issues with sexing based on bones over the years from an anthropologist.
TL;DR: Better now, not always clear cut, had issues before 1972 of people just assuming ‘male’ instead of “I don’t know.”
I think the bones may have been in bad condition.