• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It had to have been him, it’s too coincidental otherwise. They believed it possible until they checked his remains and said he was too weak but he may not have always been, he could have died months after making the sign too

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      2 years ago

      This was my thought too. Plus they thought the remains were female for quite some time. Not sure I entirely trust Japan’s forensic abilities at the time.

      • yetiftw@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        it is actually fairly difficult to determine sex based off of just bones. there’s a considerable overlap in any dimension one might use to decide