Neanderthal Genome Sequencing Acknowledged

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Ancient DNA hunter who sequenced first Neanderthal genome wins Nobel Prize for medicine | CNN

Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for pioneering the use of ancient DNA to unlock secrets about human evolution.

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The Nobel Committee said Monday that Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist, “accomplished something seemingly impossible” when he sequenced the first neanderthal genome and discovered that Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals.

The evidence for his discovery first emerged in 2010, after Pääbo pioneered methods to extract, sequence and analyze ancient DNA from Neanderthal bones. Thanks to his work, scientists can compare Neanderthal genomes with the genetic records of living humans today.

“Pääbo’s seminal research gave rise to an entirely new scientific discipline; paleogenomics,” the committee said. “By revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, his discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human.”

 

[pigfarmer]

Ancient DNA hunter who sequenced first Neanderthal genome wins Nobel Prize for medicine | CNN

Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for pioneering the use of ancient DNA to unlock secrets about human evolution.

www.cnn.com

Excerpt

The Nobel Committee said Monday that Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist, “accomplished something seemingly impossible” when he sequenced the first neanderthal genome and discovered that Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals.

The evidence for his discovery first emerged in 2010, after Pääbo pioneered methods to extract, sequence and analyze ancient DNA from Neanderthal bones. Thanks to his work, scientists can compare Neanderthal genomes with the genetic records of living humans today.

“Pääbo’s seminal research gave rise to an entirely new scientific discipline; paleogenomics,” the committee said. “By revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, his discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human.”

the actual mechanics of all that, way back when, really doesn't lend itself to too much thought. That ain't Jondalar and Ayla. But, if it weren't for all that down-to-Earth business I suppose I wouldn't be writing this ..................

 

[Dejan Corovic]

I read somewhere on the Web, that as late as 19th century, some villagers in Russia captured and held some kind of female Siberian Yeti/Sasquatch. Poor ( or lucky ) creature was held for years in a hole dug up as its abode, so that ( male ) villagers can pay it a visit for exactly that type of favour. Eventually, that female Siberian Sasquatch produced a son, who was obviously 50%/50%. His grave was marked ( he was probably called Vlad ), and later his body was dug up and studied by Soviet Academy of Science.