Paabo has been awarded the prestigious prize for having sequenced the genomes of our extinct relatives. Paabo is widely regarded as having pioneered the field of ancient DNA Nobel prize winner ...

But that relied on fresh samples of pristine DNA. Prof Paabo's interest was in the old, degraded and contaminated genetic material from our ancestors. Many thought it was an impossible challenge.

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Ancient DNA helps reveal the tangled branches of the human family tree. Not only did our ancestors live alongside other human species, they mated with them, too. Thousands of ancient genomes have ...

A Sweden-born scientist who resides in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded Monday the 2022 Medicine Nobel Prize for his findings on prehistoric DNA. Svante Pääbo, currently aged 67, discovered in ...

Professor Svante Paabo thinks our ancient ancestors live on in most of us within our genes. But what can the genes of Neanderthals tell us about ourselves? Show more From his early work with ...