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Apr 30, 2013 · This reconstruction of Richard III’s face was created using a high-resolution 3D scan of his skull. Layers of muscle and skin were then virtually added by Caroline Wilkinson, Professor of Craniofacial Identification at the University of Dundee.
- Current Archaeology
Feb 5, 2013 · The Richard III Society unveiled a 3-D reconstruction today of the late king's head and shoulders, based on computer analysis of his skull combined with an artist's interpretation of details...
- Amanda Fiegl
Dec 2, 2014 · The researchers looked at the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence from the skeleton's teeth and femur and compared it with Richard III's living relative—his cousin 21 generations removed—and...
- Ben Richmond
Feb 8, 2013 · Circumstantial evidence helps positively identify Richard III. The skeleton was found in the general area where Richard III was reported to have been buried. They also used carbon dating to show the skeleton was from a man who was alive sometime between 1450 and 1500. This is when Richard III died.
Apr 1, 2018 · Genealogy and DNA were vital to proving the identity of Richard III when the lost King’s skeleton was rediscovered under the remains of the Greyfriars Priory in Leicester in September 2012. Scientists from the University extracted Mitochondrial DNA from the bones and matched it to the DNA of a modern descendant of Richard III’s sister ...
Dec 2, 2014 · A study of the skeleton’s Y chromosome, which is passed down virtually unchanged through the male line, was compared to samples taken from five living men whose family trees suggest a...
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May 17, 2013 · The results of this endeavor are fairly creepily Tussaudian: The twisted-spined king, in the form of a 3D-printed bust, looks essentially like a decapitated wax figure. But it’s a high-tech wax...
