Table 1 Comparisons of consistant, inconsistent definitive, and inconsistent conditional sex estimates across proteomic, genomic, and osteological methods.

From: A comparison of proteomic, genomic, and osteological methods of archaeological sex estimation

 

RY

RX

Prot

Total consistent sex estimates

Oste

78% (18/22)

80% (20/25)

96% (27/28)

RY

 

98% (42/43)

84% (36/43)

RX

  

82% (41/50)

Inconsistent definitive sex estimates

Oste

0% (0/8)

0% (0/7)

0% (0/15)

RY

 

0% (0/18)

7% (2/27)

RX

  

0% (0/26)

Inconsistent conditional sex estimates

Oste

29% (4/14)

28% (5/18)

8% (1/13)

RY

 

4% (1/25)

31% (5/16)

RX

  

38% (9/24)

  1. All proteomic estimates were definitive in this study. For osteology, conditional estimates were assigned as either “probable”, or “possible”, with the latter having less certainty. DNA-based conditional estimates (“consistent with XX, but not XY” or, “consistent with XY, but not XX”) have 95% confidence intervals that cross thresholds for definitive XX or XY karyotype assignment.
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