Demonstrated by a French-South African collaboration, an interdisciplinary effort evolving scientists primarily from the CNRS, UT3 Paul Sabatier, and l'Université Clermont Auvergne, these results have helped develop the first reliable method for sex determination, including among children and cases where DNA is missing or too altered.

Until now, it was impossible to determine the sex of a child from its skeleton, while for adults this could be done reliably only from studying the pelvis, which is not always preserved. Since the cochlea is among the hardest bones in the skull—a bone that is found very frequently at archaeological sites—this technique can determine the sex of very old fossils, even when fragmentary or immature. This research was featured in an article published by Scientific Reports.

This research received support from the CNRS as part of the 80|Prime program, designed to support and strengthen interdisciplinarity among CNRS institutes. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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