Svante Paabo Wins Nobel Prize For Neanderthal Genome Decoding

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – OCTOBER 03: Svante Paabo, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, with a model of a Neanderthal skeleton after a press conference after he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 3, 2022 in Leipzig, Germany. Paeaebo is being recognized for his pioneering work in decoding the genome of Neanderthals and proving a genetic link to modern humans. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)