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Svante Pääbo

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · DE
Area of research
Genetics · Anthropology
Research interest
Staff Events Directions Contact Volunteers wanted Links Research Departments and Groups Archaeogenetics Comparative Cultural Psychology Evolutionary Genetics Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture Human Origins Linguistic and Cultural Evolution Primate Behavior and Evolution Research Groups IMPRS Former Departments Service International
h-index
160
citations
102,454
works
470
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
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Recent publications

A high-coverage Neandertal genome from the Altai Mountains reveals population structure among Neandertals.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
The evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Pleistocene chronology and history of hominins and fauna at Denisova Cave.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
The evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Muscle AMP deaminase activity was lower in Neandertals than in modern humans.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
The activity and expression of adenylosuccinate lyase were reduced during modern human evolution, affecting brain and behavior.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Search-and-remove genome editing allows selection of cells by DNA sequence.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Functional synergy of a human-specific and an ape-specific metabolic regulator in human neocortex development
Nature Communications 2024cited by 25position: middledoi
Functional synergy of a human-specific and an ape-specific metabolic regulator in human neocortex development.
2024cited by 21position: contributordoi
The modern human aryl hydrocarbon receptor is more active when ancestralized by genome editing.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
The molecular evolution of spermatogenesis across mammals.
2023cited by 147position: contributordoi
Efficient high-precision homology-directed repair-dependent genome editing by HDRobust.
2023cited by 66position: contributordoi
Ancient human DNA recovered from a Palaeolithic pendant.
2023cited by 28position: contributordoi
Response to Comment on "Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals".
2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals.
2022cited by 98position: contributordoi
Improved gRNA secondary structures allow editing of target sites resistant to CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage.
2022cited by 76position: contributordoi
Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals.
2022cited by 52position: contributordoi
Longer metaphase and fewer chromosome segregation errors in modern human than Neanderthal brain development.
2022cited by 38position: contributordoi
Microstratigraphic preservation of ancient faunal and hominin DNA in Pleistocene cave sediments.
2022cited by 28position: contributordoi
The earliest Denisovans and their cultural adaptation.
2022cited by 25position: contributordoi
The evolutionary history of human spindle genes includes back-and-forth gene flow with Neandertals.
2022cited by 18position: contributordoi
A substitution in the glutathione reductase lowers electron leakage and inflammation in modern humans.
2022cited by 9position: contributordoi
Author response: The evolutionary history of human spindle genes includes back-and-forth gene flow with Neandertals
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
A genomic region associated with protection against severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 244position: lastdoi
A genomic region associated with protection against severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals.
2021cited by 149position: contributordoi
Point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP
Nature Communications 2021cited by 122position: middledoi
Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry.
2021cited by 102position: contributordoi
Microstratigraphic preservation of ancient faunal and hominin DNA in Pleistocene cave sediments
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 93position: middledoi
Point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP.
2021cited by 88position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 33 papers (2019–2026)Janet Kelso · Max Planck Society14 papers (2019–2026)Matthias Meyer · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology8 papers (2019–2025)Tomislav Maricic · Massachusetts General Hospital8 papers (2021–2024)Hugo Zeberg · IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital7 papers (2020–2026)Stephan Riesenberg · Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry7 papers (2021–2025)Benjamin M Peter · University of Rochester7 papers (2020–2024)Stéphane Peyrégne · Max Planck Society6 papers (2019–2026)Richard Roberts · Freeport-McMoRan (United States)5 papers (2021–2025)Diyendo Massilani · Yale University5 papers (2020–2026)Wieland B. Huttner · University of Manitoba5 papers (2022–2025)Philipp Kanis · Aarhus University5 papers (2021–2025) · 4 papers (2014–2017)Patrick R. Hof · Allen Institute for Brain Science4 papers (2014–2017)Nelly Helmbrecht · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology4 papers (2021–2024) · 4 papers (2015–2021) · 4 papers (2012–2015) · 3 papers (2014–2017)Qiaomei Fu · ShangHai JiAi Genetics & IVF Institute3 papers (2013–2016) · 3 papers (2012–2016)