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The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains.

Nature, 505, 43-49. 2014.

First complete sequence of a Neanderthal genome. With more than 20 co-authors.
In 2022 Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution."  See also Nos. 7290, 14098 and 14099.

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Entry Number#7289
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