In the writing of the great British writer Shakespeare, the last king of the British Canary Dynasty - Charles III is a hunchback, but a new recent research analysis shows that the king's situation is completely different from Shakespeare's description . Richard is spinal deformity , but the causes of spinal deformity have confused modern medical researchers.
Richard is the most controversial of all British monarchs, who used despicable means to seize the throne, but he died in the Battle of Bursworth in 1485 for only two years.
The earliest description of Richard's special physique should be from "A bold and intuitive description of the body of the late king", written by contemporary chronicler John Rous. But until now, because Richard's whereabouts are unknown, we still cannot know Richard's true situation. Is Rous's description of Richard's short and unstoppable description true or just because he obeys Tudor Dynasty 's order deliberately promoted the vilification of him.
Unknown skeletons who died on the battlefield
In September 2012, clues that can answer all doubts appeared. Archaeologists found a skeleton with a twisted spine in the Leicester parking lot, a few miles from the battlefield in Bursworth. It has a history of 500 years. The church choir where the skeletons are located was once the scene of the war. The skeletons were scarred and each scar was fatal. Everyone thought that this skeleton must be an important figure.
By February 2013, genetic data initially showed that the mitochondrial DNA in the bones matched Richard's two living maternal offspring. The researchers were sure that the skeleton they found was the missing king, Richard The body of the third generation.
skeletal analysis initially confirmed that Richard did have spinal deformities, which made his right shoulder higher than his left shoulder. Now that the team has used 3DCT scanning technology to study the spine in more detail, the study will reveal more about the exact nature of Richard's condition and the impact of the condition on body movement.
Unexplained spiral spine
Research team said that Richard's middle spine was twisted like a spiral, but some vertebrae were relatively unabused. This phenomenon shows that Richard only had spinal abnormalities in his later childhood. Before the age of age, Richard's spine may be straighter than a straight man.
Research team members conducted the latest research analysis of skeletons. She said: "This phenomenon is very similar to a disease called idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents, which often happens when people experience rapid growth in adolescence. This situation, and this is very common among people with slim but particularly tall figures. This type of person has a curved spiral because the growth rate of the spine far exceeds the growth rate than the balanced tissue around the spine. . ”
However, this disease is congenital and it is not clear why some people do not develop scoliosis until puberty. "In some families, this disease is very common because the genes of family members are associated with it, but the vast majority of patients with this scoliosis do not have obvious genetic abnormalities," the researchers said. It may be caused by similar hormone levels or nutritional deficiency. So far, we still don't know why this phenomenon occurs."
Surprisingly, although Richard's scoliosis is very serious, it seems to be for him. The impact is not great, "Although Chad's middle spine is bent, the upper part of his spine is aligned with the lower part of his spine, which corrects the serious deviation problem in his back, making his appearance look overall with Ordinary people are no different, which shows that Richard can walk and exercise normally like his subjects. (The hunchback who exercises is awesome??)”
Confusing skeleton identity
Even if new research shows that skeleton is Richard Germany, but earlier this year, researchers from Britain still questioned whether the skeleton was a real royal boss, especially because the carbon dating method could only determine the period of the skeleton's owner's life in an 80-year deviation. Within the range, many others who lived in the late Middle Ages might have mitochondrial DNA that matched Richard.
There is also a big shot saying: "So far, the DNA evidence formed by the information extracted from the DNA from the bones, and the identity of the skeleton proved from this should be regarded as uncertain. Before all the powerful scientific evidence is released, The problem is a truly unsolvable vicious cycle.”
A research giant said: "Many indirect evidence points the identity of the skeleton to Richard, but before my article was published, I dare not make a conclusion. Now our research team has some evidence, but in our We will not easily determine that this skeleton is Richard III until we have truly strong evidence. (From the self-esteem of a stingy scientist!)”
