The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded, Monday, October 3, to the Swede Svante Pääbo, 67, for the sequencing of the genome of Neanderthal man and the foundation of paleogenomics.
"By revealing the genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominids, his findings provided the basis for exploring what makes us humans such unique beings," the jury said.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine, awarded by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, is the first of the prizes awarded each year.
In the coming days, the announcements of the Nobel Prizes in physics (Tuesday), chemistry (Wednesday), literature (Thursday), peace (Friday) and economics (next Monday) will follow.
BREAKING NEWS:
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.”
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— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2022
With AFP and Reuters
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