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Medicine to Peace: These are the Nobel Prize winners in 2022

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Image: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Douglas Broom
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A graphic showing how Professor Pääbo used DNA from bone fragments to chart human evolution.
Family tree: Professor Pääbo used DNA from bone fragments to chart human evolution. Image: Nobel Foundation
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A graphic showing the evolution of humans from Denisovans to Neanderthals to modern humans.
Professor Svante Pääbo’s Nobel Prize winning research helps explain what makes us uniquely human. Image: Nobel Foundation

View of the French author's book as Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature in Borshuset in Stockholm, Sweden, October 6, 2022. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN
Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. Image: VIA REUTERS

Berit Reiss-Andersen, head of the Nobel Committee, announces the winner of this year's peace prize laureate at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway October 7, 2022. The winners Nobel Peace Price are human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. NTB/Heiko Junge via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY.
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been announced in Oslo. Image: via REUTERS

The Nobel Prize winning economists have contributed to our understanding of bank runs.
The Nobel Prize winning economists have contributed to our understanding of bank runs. Image: © Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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