Comment on Pope Joan

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah… Like there’d be a bit more credence if the guy was going after the pelvis but… You’d have to either xray or extract the pelvis for that.

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  • absentbird@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Even then there’s so much overlap in human dimorphism that it’s not an exact science, there’s still like a 5-10% error rate in sexing perfectly preserved pelvic bones. Accurate enough for anthropology, but that’s a big error rate to apply to individuals.

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    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      that’s my favorite fact for the “YoUr SkEleToN iS mAle!!1!” crowd. Also I’d be dead then, I won’t a shit if some teenagers put my skull in a bowling ball, much less being actually used for archeological research that benefits humanity lol

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  • blackstampede@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m not catholic, but I’m pretty sure they would object to extracting the popes pelvis.

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    • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If you’re young enough though then they may let you touch it.

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    • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Aw man, really? Damn… Now I gotta find something else to do this evening…

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