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I-House is launching a Distinguished Global Thinkers Series, inviting Dr. Svante Pääbo, OIST Adjunct Professor and winner of 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, as special speaker.
The direct ancestors of all present-day humans originated in Africa and spread out from there and the Near East about 60000 to 70000 years ago. When they did so they encountered Neanderthals in western Eurasia and and Denisovans in eastern Eurasia, earlier forms of humans who came extinct about 40000 years ago. Dr. Svante Paabo’s group determined genome sequences of Neanderthals and Denisovans. Dr. Paabo will discuss what genomes of our extinct evolutionary relatives tell us about the origin and history of modern humans. He will also how genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans influence our physiology and propensity for disease today.
Speaker: Svante Pääbo (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2022; Adjunct Professor, OIST)
Moderator: Aiko Doden (Special Affairs Commentator of NHK/ Trustee, I-House)
Language: English (with Japanese subtitles)
Coorganizers:International House of Japan, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology(OIST)
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