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King Richard IIIA historical mystery that stumped British experts for centuries appears to have finally been solved, thanks to a DNA sample from a Canadian family.
Scientists say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester.
University of Leicester researchers said today it is "beyond reasonable doubt" that a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last year is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.» www.vancouversun.com/tec ··· ory.htmlHow do you lose the remains of a King? Pretty cool they can determine a positive I.D. after all this time. |
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LOL, London real-estate is horribly expensive.
It's interesting that they had been able to extract usable DNA from the body given its age and burial conditions. |
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vue666 (banned)Let's make Canchat better!!! join:2007-12-07 |
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Is this the same King Richard as in the Robin Hood mythos? |
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capdjqBe Kind, Be Calm & Be Safe Premium Member join:2000-11-01 Vancouver |
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Is he the same guy who wanted to trade his Kingdom for a horse. |
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Yea, I read about that this morning, very interesting: » www.scienceworldreport.c ··· ting.htm |
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dirtyjeffer0Posers don't use avatars. Premium Member join:2002-02-21 London, ON |
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and Jeff Ibsen is from London, ON...you're welcome. |
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Wolfie00My dog is an elitist Premium Member join:2005-03-12 |
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said by capdjq:Is he the same guy who wanted to trade his Kingdom for a horse. No. That only happened in Shakespeare's hopelessly distorted and highly fictionalized play. Think modern Hollywood movies take liberties with the facts for the sake of a roaring good story? Bill was the original spinmeister, spinning whatever would sell a ticket! His "historical plays" are a study in drama, not history. If he were living today Bill would probably be a Hollywood tycoon putting Spielberg to shame! |
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vue666 (banned)Let's make Canchat better!!! join:2007-12-07 |
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Now if only they could prove/disprove King Arthur and the mythos of Camelot... |
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GuspazGuspaz MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC |
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Re: King Richard IIIThey proved the ID by using a DNA sample from his distant relative. Who happened to be a Canadian woman. Unfortunately, she was deceased, but her son was able to provide them with a DNA sample (the traits they were testing for are only passed down on the female side). |
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AnavSarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic Premium Member join:2001-07-16 Dartmouth, NS |
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Awesome news story. Was reading that this morn on BBC. Of course carbon dating is not approved by the catholic church but pedophile dating is covertly tolerated. |
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