A Swedish scientist who used DNA sequencing to find the link between extinct people and modern humans has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Svante Paabo was given what is arguably the most prestigious prize in the scientific world for discoveries "concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution".
He received the news "while enjoying a cup of coffee" and was said to be "overwhelmed" - and asked whether he could share the news with his wife.
Mr Paabo is the son of the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Sune Bergstrom.
He has been credited with transforming the study of human origins after developing approaches to allow for the examination of DNA sequences from archaeological and palaeontological remains....
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