KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE — A new study may have the answers to what really happened to Amelia Earhart.<br /><br />The Washington Post reports that Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. Three years later, skeletal remains suspected to be hers were recovered on Nikumaroro Island in present-day Kiribati.<br /><br />A physician in Fiji examined the bones in 1940 and determined that the remains belonged to a European male.<br /><br />The bones have since been lost, but recent analysis of the skeletal measurements using modern techniques reveals the bones were in fact female.<br /><br />Measurements of the arm and leg bones were determined to be a match to Earhart's estimated size and build, making it likely that the remains were hers.<br /><br />The data shows the bones were more similar to the ill-fated pilot than 99% of individuals in a large sample, though without a way to examine the actual bones, it's difficult to determine an actual match with 100% certainty.
