beautiful-tragicinthefalloutboy:
"Previously, researchers had misidentified skeletons as male simply because they were buried with their swords and shields. By studying osteological signs of gender within the bones themselves, researchers discovered that approximately half of the remains were actually female warriors, given a proper burial with their weapons."
how many other ‘discoveries’ were prevented from happening because men applied current ‘gender norms’ to past cultures?!
I thought that because there was scientific research involve that the scientists would identify the remains based on the skeletal structure and whatever else available at the time, and not just assume… Ooooh, question everything!!!