
Skeletons need to be in pretty damn good shape to determine someone’s sex with confidence, and it doesn’t help that everything is on a spectrum. Also, people can have both male-typical and female-typical traits in their pelvis, and especially so with other parts of the skeleton. Sure, you can find someone’s chromosomes based on their DNA, but DNA only lasts 1-2 million years in rare, IDEAL conditions. Plus, if you’re having to analyze someone’s chromosomes to make a determination, it’s safe…..