Svante Paabo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the evolution of the human race. Paabo is a driving force behind the creation of novel methods.

These methods have enabled researchers to examine the similarities and differences between the genetic code of modern humans and other hominins, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans.

Key facts!

The discovery made by Svante Paabo demonstrates modern humans share genetic code with our ancient relatives the Neanderthals and Denisovans. This has earned him the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the year 2022.

The Swedish researcher also makes significant contributions to our understanding of the immune system. In addition to other factors that distinguish us from our extinct relatives.

The Nobel committee states that scientists sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of modern humans. And made the astonishing discovery of a previously unknown hominid named Denisovan.

Both of these accomplishments were cited as the reason for the prize.

The Inspiring Life of Svante Paabo!

• Svante Paabo was born in 1955 in Sweden.
• In the year 1986, he received his PhD.
• In the same year, he began his postdoctoral research at the University of Munich.
• The research eventually earned him the Nobel prize.
• Paabo is a driving force behind the creation of unexplored methods.
• These approaches enable researchers to examine the similarities and differences between the genetic codes of modern humans and ancient humans, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans.
• The key research done by Paabo lays the groundwork for a new scientific field known as paleogenomics.
• His insights give a framework for investigating what it is that sets us apart from extinct humans.

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Watch a video

Watch this video to hear Paabo talk about how they mapped the whole genetic information of a Neanderthal.

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