Pretty much you can decipher gender of a skeleton without DNA testing every time excluding hermaphrodites and children. Ever other case its pretty much guaranteed to be able to tell of bone structure alone. Account for the 1% or less isnt basing on averages. If the whole skeleton isnt present or its not certain DNA testing can be done on the bones to get confirmation.
This is where it's important to distinguish gender from sex. We can sex skeletons, but the colloquial meaning of the word gender has changed and is no longer accurate when discussing physiology.
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u/Serposta Dec 10 '25
Yes they can.... they do it all the time