Comment on Pope Joan
absentbird@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoEven 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.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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