SPaabo

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Svante Pääbo was the founding Director of the Max Planck Institute  for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig which opened in 1997 and is an expert  in evolutionary genetics.  By comparative DNA sequencing in humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, he aims to gain a better understanding of the origin, time and early migrations of humans and their closest relatives.  He also uses  methods for the retrieval of DNA sequences from archaeological and paleontological  remains to elucidate the history of humans and Pleistocene mammals. 

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http://email.eva.mpg.de/~paabo/