Eli5 How do scientists comfirm an identity of an ancient skeleton?

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I just watched a documentary about how King Richard III was found and I was wondering like how do they know that the skeleton is him?
It’s not like there are DNA samples to compare with.
Do they just rely on recorded documents or they use other kinds of methods?

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I think they either compared the DNA from one of his known descendants or they took samples from his dead relatives. They were royals so it’s known where they were buried.

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