The sex determination history is more complex.

The initial “male” assessment, the later “female” reassessment, and the return to “probably male” all reflect the genuine difficulty of sex determination from fragmentary limb bones in the absence of more diagnostic skeletal elements.

Each assessment used the available evidence and the available comparative data.

Johnson’s 1989 reassessment used a different comparative population than Orr’s original assessment.

Lambert’s 2006 analysis used yet another comparative approach.

The fact that these analyses produced different results reflects the probabilistic nature of sex determination from limited material, not the incompetence of any of the researchers.