Nov 18, 2022
Svante Pääbo’s work on sequencing the DNA of Neandertals and Denisovans, which won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, revealed surprising interbreeding among human species
TLDR: Scientists have since sequenced multiple Neandertal genomes, a Denisovan genome, and genomes from humans and animals that lived tens of thousands of years ago, Sharon Browning says, adding, “Studying these genomes has led to huge insights into human history, domestication of animals, and evolution.”
