The 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Swedish Svante Pääbo wins the prize for his findings on human evolution

They add, “By revealing the genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, their discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human.”

During the presentation given after the announcement, it was highlighted that a Swedish geneticist also made the discovery of an extinct hominin, Denisova, who – which Achievement From genome data retrieved from a small sample of finger bones.

It is also important for the committee to note that Pääbo has revealed the fact that gene transfer from these now-extinct hominids to Homo sapiens occurred after the migration out of Africa some 70,000 years ago.

As indicated in the new laureate’s studies, “This ancient gene flow of present-day humans is of physiological relevance today, For example, by affecting the way our immune systems react to infection.”

Since 1997, Pääbo has held the position of Head of the Department of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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