Pioneer Who First Sequenced, the Neanderthal Genome, Awarded Nobel Prize.<br />CNN reports that Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo <br />is being awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine <br />for his groundbreaking work with ancient DNA.<br />CNN reports that Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo <br />is being awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine <br />for his groundbreaking work with ancient DNA.<br />On October 3, the Nobel Committee said that Pääbo “accomplished something seemingly impossible” by sequencing the first Neanderthal genome. .<br />On October 3, the Nobel Committee said that Pääbo “accomplished something seemingly impossible” by sequencing the first Neanderthal genome. .<br />Pääbo pioneered methods to sequence<br />ancient DNA from Neanderthal bones. .<br />His work was first made public in 2010.<br />As a result of his discovery, scientists have been able to compare Neanderthal genomes with the genetic records of modern humans.<br />Pääbo’s seminal research gave <br />rise to an entirely new scientific <br />discipline; paleogenomics, Nobel Prize committee, via CNN.<br />By revealing genetic differences <br />that distinguish all living humans <br />from extinct hominins, his discoveries <br />provide the basis for exploring <br />what makes us uniquely human, Nobel Prize committee, via CNN.<br />Pääbo discovered that most <br />modern humans share 1% to 4% <br />of their DNA with Neanderthals. .<br />Thanks to his work, we now know that <br />Neanderthals and Homo sapiens interbred before <br />the Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago.<br />His major contribution is being <br />a pioneer in recovering ancient DNA <br />and that has been extremely important <br />in the study of human evolution, Chris Stringer, Research lead in human evolution at, via CNN.<br />In his subsequent work, <br />Pääbo discovered an entirely new kind <br />of extinct human, called Denisovans.
