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Scientists: Body under parking lot is King Richard III

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British scientists announced Monday they are convinced "beyond reasonable doubt" that a skeleton found during an archaeological dig in Leicester, central England, last August is that of the former king, who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Mitochondrial DNA extracted from the bones was matched to Michael Ibsen, a Canadian cabinetmaker and direct descendant of Richard III's sister, Anne of York. Experts say other evidence -- including battle wounds and signs of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, found during the search and the more than four months of tests since support the DNA findings. The skeleton was discovered buried among the remains of what was once the city's Greyfriars friary, but is now a council car park.

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0.347727	"The trouble is we judge Richard by a pseudo-Victorian values system, but we judge others in the context of their time," she said. "He was a medieval man. If you put him back into the 15th century, he's exactly as the others are -- princes, dukes, nobles, they're all doing exactly the same things, and he's better than some."
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DNA tests have confirmed that human remains found buried beneath an English car park are those of the country's King Richard III.

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