If twins were specifically sought because of their cosmological significance, that is a different kind of deliberate selection.

The question of what specific ritual practice occurred in the chultún, and what the participants — the children themselves, their families, the ritual specialists who may have managed the ceremony — understood about its meaning, remains beyond the reach of any archaeological method.

The physical evidence is now substantially better understood, thanks to the 2024 study.

The human experience of the ritual is irretrievably in the past.

The question of what the broader pattern of chultún use at Chichén Itzá looks like — whether other features at the site show similar demographic patterns, whether this specific practice was unique to this feature or part of a wider pattern of ritual activity — requires additional investigation.