Prompt: sexing skeletons

Date: 2011-04-24 12:12 pm (UTC)
vacillating: text on a multicoloured background: Gone to play poker, back when I run out of clothes, your muse (Default)
From: [personal profile] vacillating
(Not like that!) I've often wondered how archaeologists determine the sex of a skeleton - I know there are differences in the pelvis, but what else is taken to be a clue? I'm also curious about how accurate it is, and whether anyone's done any studies on that.
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