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Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics

Nobel prize awarded for study of human evolution using ancient DNA

3 October 2022

Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics
Ancient human skulls

We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

4 July 2017

Analysis of DNA from a fossilised Neanderthal bone suggests modern human ancestors entered Europe and interbred with locals more than 219,000 years ago

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