Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for findings on human evolution

Sweden-born Svante Paabo on Monday was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ‘for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution’ at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Paabo has made the sensational discovery of Denisova, a previously unknown hominin. He also sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

Taking to Twitter, The Nobel Prize congratulated Paabo and wrote, “Say good morning to our new medicine laureate Svante Paabo! Paabo received the news while enjoying a cup of coffee. After the shock wore off, one of the first things he wondered was if he could share the news with his wife, Linda.

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The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.” pic.twitter.com/fGFYYnCO6J

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2022

Say good morning to our new medicine laureate Svante Pääbo!

Pääbo received the news while enjoying a cup of coffee. After the shock wore off, one of the first things he wondered was if he could share the news with his wife, Linda.

Photo: Linda Vigilant pic.twitter.com/l27hnzojaL

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2022

Through his pioneering research, Svante Pääbo – this year’s #NobelPrize laureate in physiology or medicine – accomplished something seemingly impossible: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans. pic.twitter.com/XO64ysoWnw

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2022

2022 #NobelPrize laureate Svante Pääbo has established an entirely new scientific discipline, paleogenomics. By revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, his discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human. pic.twitter.com/AoDNL0zMc7

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2022

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— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2022

Paabo has found that gene transfer had occurred from now extinct hominins to Homo Sapiens.