Solving a 500 Year Old Cold Case - with Turi King
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When a 500 year old skeleton was discovered under a parking lot in Leicester, England, geneticist Turi King and her team set out to determine whether it could belong to the lost monarch Richard III. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe In this year's Genetics Society JBS Haldane Lecture, Turi King will discuss leading the international research team involved in the DNA identification work of the remains of Richard III and the current project to sequence his entire genome. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/Be3lDr--l64 Turi King is a Reader in Genetics and Archaeology and Professor of Public Engagement at the University of Leicester. She is perhaps best known for leading the genetics analysis in the King Richard III case leading to the identification of his remains in 2014 which led to his reinterment in Leicester Cathedral in 2015. This talk and Q&A was recorded in the Ri on 26 November 2018. 0:17 Introduction 2:22 How the excavation came to be 5:06 Who was Richard III? 8:01 Why Leicester? 14:35 What would his skeleton look like? 17:37 The dig 25:30 Identifying the skeleton 31:17 Richard III's scoliosis doppelgänger 32:48 Identifying the fatal blow 36:21 Finding a living relative 46:51 The DNA results that confirmed Richard III's identity 48:12 A question of paternity 54:12 Using genetics to give Richard III a makeover 56:32 Richard III's celebrity descendants --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Dave Ostler, David Lindo, Greg Nagel, Ivan Korolev, John Pollock, Lester Su, Osian Gwyn Williams, Radu Tizu, Rebecca Pan, Robert Hillier, Roger Baker, Sergei Solovev, and Will Knott --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter #ColdCaseSolved, #TuriKing, #HistoricalMysteries, #ForensicGenealogy, #500YearOldMystery
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