And the Nobel Prize goes to….

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was yesterday awarded to Swedish scientist and researcher Svante Pääbo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.

The question of our origin has long intrigued humanity and remains the focus of intense interest and discussion. The evolution of all currently living organisms started billions of years ago with the first primates appearing 55-65 million years ago. It is estimated that the last common ancestor of Old World monkeys and great apes lived around 25 million years ago and that of humans and chimpanzees around 6 million years ago.

https://www.reuters.com/world/svante-paabo-wins-2022-nobel-prize-medicine-2022-10-03/