How do anthropologists know whether skeletons of ancient humans were male or female?

You read any anthropological literature and they'll refer to a skeleton as male or female but they can't possibly know.  Perhaps that individual they erroneously call male identified as a female.  These anthropologists obviously know nothing about science and they're just hate filled cis transphobes.

Anonymous2021-03-30T11:15:45Z

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Ancient humans knew they were male or female and stayed that way.

Spock (rhp)2021-03-30T11:37:38Z

your rant is noted

frombrum2021-03-30T11:23:33Z

Pelvis and brow ridge difference
But I'm sure a very few are wrong but why does that matter

?2021-03-30T11:23:05Z

Biology fail.......

Anonymous2021-03-30T11:13:05Z

That depends.
For non Christian anthropologists they examine the pelvis and skull.
Christian anthopologists count the ribs, then give up because both sexes have the same number. It is at this point they hand it over to real scientists.

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