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Svante Pääbo is a Swedish geneticist whose research helped establish paleogenomics, the study of genetic material recovered from ancient remains. He led work that produced a draft Neanderthal genome and revealed genetic exchange between extinct hominins and ancestors of living humans; his team also identified Denisovans through ancient DNA. He received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning extinct hominin genomes and human evolution.
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What did Svante Pääbo discover about Neanderthal DNA?
Pääbo and his collaborators developed methods to recover and analyze DNA from ancient bones despite contamination and degradation. Their Neanderthal genome work showed that many people outside Africa carry a small proportion of Neanderthal ancestry.
How did Svante Pääbo help identify the Denisovans?
His team analyzed DNA from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia. The genetic results revealed a previously unknown archaic human population now called the Denisovans.
Why did Svante Pääbo receive the 2022 Nobel Prize?
He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. The award recognized work that established paleogenomics as a field.
Where has Svante Pääbo conducted his paleogenomics research?
Pääbo became a founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Research teams there produced major Neanderthal and Denisovan genome studies.
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