Bias in skeletal sexing is well known and depends upon the completeness of the skeletal remains. The problem is very hard concerning prehistorical remains.
We applied \u2018Visual methods\u2019 and \u2018Probabilistic Sex Diagnosis\u2019 (DSP) on the coxal bones on the Epigravettian
skeleton (ST1) from San Teodoro (Messina, Sicily).
On the basis of cranial characters and the overall robustness of the postcranial skeleton, it was suggested,
since the time of the discovery, a male sex for ST1. This determination was later modified on the basis of the pelvic girdle morphology, and the skeleton was attributed the female sex for many years by large consensus.
Our results indicate without ambiguity that ST1 is a male and show the importance of applying update
methods of sex determination to ancient remains
