Svante Pääbo

Awards

1. 2016

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for pioneering the sequencing of ancient DNA and ancient genomes, thereby illuminating the origins of modern humans, our relationships to extinct relatives such as Neanderthals, and the evolution of human populations and traits.

2. 2020

   Japan Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for pioneering contributions to paleoanthropology through decoding ancient human genome sequences.

3. 2022

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution