Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (6): 443-454.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2022.06.004

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Advances in paleogenomics and human origin and evolution: Interpretation of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine#br#

JI Zhi, WANG Chuanchao①②   

  1. ① School of Sociology and Anthropology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian Province, China;② State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, China
  • Received:2022-11-15 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-12-19

Abstract: The winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is Svante Pääbo, a renowned biologist and evolutionary geneticist. He has made great contributions to the study of human evolution by studying the genomes of extinct hominids. This article introduces Pääbo and his team’s discoveries on Neanderthals and Denisovans, as well as the 30-year advances in ancient DNA.