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Breaking: King Richard III's DNA Results Shocked Scientists -- It's Not Who We Thought (Original Post) catbyte Oct 12 OP
Can't watch now, but will later... hlthe2b Oct 12 #1
Me, too! displacedvermoter Oct 12 #2
More Shakespeare lies! El Supremo Oct 12 #3
It is astonishing how many times the narrator says PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 12 #4
That's because it is AI generated. LudwigPastorius Oct 12 #5
Yes, I've been avoiding YouTube for a lot of reasons, but this is the closing argument. Can't trust any of it ... eppur_se_muova Oct 13 #7
The beginning of the video looks to be copied from this video: sl8 Oct 14 #11
Fascinating.... Bayard Oct 12 #6
Greyfriars, the church where he was buried mwmisses4289 Oct 14 #9
Have used this a couple of times for my nighty night vid, something about "broken" legitimacy? UTUSN Oct 13 #8
Not sure why some historians seem to think monarchies anywhere are a straight line. mwmisses4289 Oct 14 #10

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,338 posts)
4. It is astonishing how many times the narrator says
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 10:01 PM
Oct 12

"Henry the seventh" and they show Henry VIII. That's incredibly careless.

LudwigPastorius

(13,840 posts)
5. That's because it is AI generated.
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 10:58 PM
Oct 12

YouTube put their little "altered or synthetic content" banner in the upper left of the video at the beginning.

If you click on the channel from which this was posted (something called Unseen Depths), you'll see that it it was started two weeks ago and features nothing but AI generated content.

This kind of stuff is all over YouTube. People start tons of these channels, post these error-filled, AI videos with clickbait titles, and wait for the money to roll in.

eppur_se_muova

(40,569 posts)
7. Yes, I've been avoiding YouTube for a lot of reasons, but this is the closing argument. Can't trust any of it ...
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 01:47 PM
Oct 13

... if you are well-informed enough to distinguish the truth from the lies and exaggerations with near 100% effectiveness, you don't need to be watching YouTube in the first place. It now exists to profit from the gullible, not the merely curious.

sl8

(16,948 posts)
11. The beginning of the video looks to be copied from this video:
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 08:27 AM
Oct 14

So, it's not all AI, some is only pirated.

12:34 min.



Richard III – The DNA Analysis & Conclusion

University of Leicester
2014 Dec 2

Dr Turi King and Professor Kevin Schϋrer discuss the findings of the genetic and genealogical analysis in the King Richard III case. This includes coverage of all the genealogical research, and the results of the mitochondrial and Y chromosome analysis.

It also includes the genetically-predicted hair and eye colour of Richard III as well as the results of the Bayesian analysis of all the evidence in the case to come to a conclusion about the identity of Skeleton 1 from the Greyfriars in Leicester.

The producers of the clip wish to express their grateful thanks to the Royal Collection Trust, Society of Antiquaries of London, Michael Ibsen, Wendy Duldig, Anooshka Rawden and John Holt.

This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.

Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian
Produced by Dr Turi King and Professor Kevin Schϋrer.

[...]

Bayard

(27,866 posts)
6. Fascinating....
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 11:18 PM
Oct 12

I am wondering how his grave was unmarked as to have a parking lot built over it.

mwmisses4289

(2,822 posts)
9. Greyfriars, the church where he was buried
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:35 AM
Oct 14

was destroyed somewhere around 1538, during Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries period. The land was used for various other things since then, to today, when an office building and parking garage now sit on the site. It was during the prepping of the site that Richards body was discovered. As per rules in the u.k., as I understand them, the site was shut down for a time so archeologists could investigate it.

UTUSN

(76,373 posts)
8. Have used this a couple of times for my nighty night vid, something about "broken" legitimacy?
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 10:43 PM
Oct 13

mwmisses4289

(2,822 posts)
10. Not sure why some historians seem to think monarchies anywhere are a straight line.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:42 AM
Oct 14

Just looking at the u.k., how many times was one ruler deposed by another who became ruler, usually through some war or battle? Prior to 1066, much of the u.k. was divided into many small kingdoms. After 1066, it took time to unite all those kingdoms into one, and various battles by Williams descendants created havoc as they fought for the throne.

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