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Nobel Lecture: The Neanderthal Genome and Human Evolution

Director, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & Nobel Laureate

59:11·2022·introductory level·Public Colloquium
Path step 5: Chronicles ancient DNA sequencing of Neanderthals and Denisovans to illuminate human origins.

Recounts overcoming chemical degradation and microbial contamination to sequence ancient Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes and uncover archaic gene flow into modern humans.

Svante Pääbo: The Neandertal Genome and the Evolution of Modern Humans

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution".

Source: Nobel Prize via YouTubeWatch on YouTube

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