This was my thought too. Plus they thought the remains were female for quite some time. Not sure I entirely trust Japan’s forensic abilities at the time.
Believe it or not, it is assuming the pelvis is present, it is very easy to determine sex. Just look at the pubic arch, just inferior (below) the pubic symphysis. Narrow (less than 90 degrees) is male wide (more than 90 degrees) is female. There are a few other details like the shape of the iliac crest and the size of the pubic cavity but the pubic arch is the simplest.
yeah this was discovered around the time the Aum Shinrikyo cult were gearing up to build a little chemical weapons factory. not to knock Japan tho, cops can be incompetent anywhere, anytime.
This was my thought too. Plus they thought the remains were female for quite some time. Not sure I entirely trust Japan’s forensic abilities at the time.
it is actually fairly difficult to determine sex based off of just bones. there’s a considerable overlap in any dimension one might use to decide
Believe it or not, it is assuming the pelvis is present, it is very easy to determine sex. Just look at the pubic arch, just inferior (below) the pubic symphysis. Narrow (less than 90 degrees) is male wide (more than 90 degrees) is female. There are a few other details like the shape of the iliac crest and the size of the pubic cavity but the pubic arch is the simplest.
yeah this was discovered around the time the Aum Shinrikyo cult were gearing up to build a little chemical weapons factory. not to knock Japan tho, cops can be incompetent anywhere, anytime.