Svante Paabo, father of paleogenetics: The reason for the Neanderthals' extinction lies in how numerous we've become'
Svante Paabo extracted ancient DNA, sequenced the Neanderthal genome, discovered Denisovans, and showed interbreeding shaped modern human genomes and traits.
Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoth's body
Ancient 39,000-year-old woolly mammoth Yuka preserved in Siberian permafrost yielded intact RNA, revealing gene activity and cellular states near the time of death.
