• Deftdrummer@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    This was my thought too. Plus they thought the remains were female for quite some time. Not sure I entirely trust Japan’s forensic abilities at the time.

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      2 years ago

      it is actually fairly difficult to determine sex based off of just bones. there’s a considerable overlap in any dimension one might use to decide