Nobel Prize in Medicine 2022: Mapping the Neanderthal Genome

By IASbook Team September 26, 2023 Educational Resources 0 Comments

Awarded on: 3rd October 2022
Awarded by: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Awarded to: Svante Pääbo, Sweden
Awarded for: His discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.

Key Highlights of Svante Paabo’s Research

Svante Pääbo accomplished sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

What does Paleogenomics mean?

Paleogenomics is a New scientific discipline based on the revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins.

Pääbo first decided to study mitochondrial DNA from Neanderthals.
Dr Pääbo’s research has great significance in understanding the origin of Homo sapiens.