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Join UsA revered and powerful female leader revealed by new method to determine sex of old bones
Katie Hunt /
CNN
A 5,000-year-old skeleton was initially identified as a “probable young male” who was dubbed the “Ivory Man” and considered a “spectacular” find. But more than a decade later, researchers used a new molecular method to confirm the skeleton’s sex as part of a broader study on the discovery, and they got quite a shock. It turned out that the “Ivory Man” was in fact female.
CTE: Brain disease diagnosed in female athlete for first time
Hannah Ritchie /
BBC
Australian scientists say they have made the world's first diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a professional female athlete.
An artist conjures a whimsical new version of a magnificent 15th-century mural
Hold the Line
Akanksha Singh /
JSTOR
As telephony developed, so did a workforce of switchboard operators—all women—who were ultimately rendered obsolete by technological progress.