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2026-07-23 22:31:57

“So often we have assigned the sex of an ancient skeleton partly on the basis of our own assumptions about sex and gender roles—if it is buried with a sword, it’s male; with a necklace, it’s female. DNA analysis can help us correct those assumptions and think harder about the roles of men and women in the deep past—and perhaps also about in our own world too.”
Archaeologists Thought This Famous Bronze Age Shaman Was a Guy. Well, She Wasn't
gizmodo.com/archaeologists-tho