Now, decades later, one of these skeletons has been positively identified as female — a “rare occurrence ... Evidence of traumatic lesions was found on three bones on one of the arms.

The crouch position in which the woman's remains were found has been documented as early as 5500-4700 years ago.

The primary clue that Lucy was a female is her ... and an intact upper leg bone show Lucy was roughly three-and-a-half feet tall. Muscle attachment scars on her skeleton suggest she was powerfully ...

However, factors like a rough diet can mean an inaccurate age estimate. You might face a similar problem when looking at the skeleton. Until the age of about 30, your bones are still growing, and the ...

The older the person at death, the more pitted and craggy these bones will be ... then it's a female; if it's a tight fit, it's the skeleton of a man DNA samples may be taken from any existing ...

Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones show that she was probably able to walk upright but she had very long ...