“More likely male” is the current assessment, and “Arlington Springs Man” is the name that has returned to use.

But this story of revision is not embarrassing or scandalous — it is the normal scientific process of updating conclusions when new analyses are made, particularly when the underlying evidence is inherently limited in what it can support.

What the bones cannot tell us, directly and definitively, is whether the individual buried at Arlington Springs was male or female.

The probability assessment leans one way, with appropriate uncertainty acknowledged.

What The Bones Do Not Tell Us