Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

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 skeleton of a Bronze Age woman is set to be archived in a museum after being unearthed at a Kent building site. The ...

"Horse-riding equipment and, in some cases, horse bones (e.g., skull and extremities ... to determine if the individual was female. Despite the skeleton's poor preservation, the skull and genetic ...

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 ...

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 ...