"Female Amazon warrior buried 2,500 years ago in Altai..." Topic

… Mountains was… male.

"New DNA findings have altered the sex of one of most famous recent Siberian archeological finds of human remains. A Swiss taxidermy expert brought 'her' to life, recreating the 'virgin' warrior's looks from facial bones, and some observers commented on her distinctly masculine appearance. Yet archeologists and anthropologists believed she was not only female – and a pig-tailed teenager – but a member of an elite corps of warriors within the Pazyryk culture which suggested likenesses to the fabled Amazon warriors of known to the Greeks.

Entombed next to a much older man – perhaps father and daughter? – the remains lay beside shields, battle axes, bows and arrowheads, while the warrior's physique indicated a skilled horse rider and archer.

Cowrie shells, amulets for female fertility but exceptionally rare in Pazyryk burials, were a tell-tale sign that this was a young woman, but so were various adornments to the grave – for example, the 'coffin', the wooden pillow, the quiver, all smaller in comparison to usual male burials. In a singular honour, nine horses – four of them bridled – were buried with the skeleton, an escort to the afterlife. But a major revamping is now underway. New DNA analysis indicates unequivocally that the remains were male and not female…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Interesting.

Wonder how much the gender ID affected the original 'reconstruction?'

Haven't researched it but would not be surprised if the thickness of flesh i various areas of the skull varied between men and women.

Also amusing to see the commenters who didn't want to accept the DNA evidence that this wasn't an 'Amazon.'

Glad you found it interesting my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

@goragrad, from my understanding, the reconstructions tend to use slightly different calculations for gender, not entirely sure about which ones, or if they would be noticeable, but there are differences there.

Makes sense. Gracias.