Svante Paabo Quotes & Sayings

I want to know what changed in fully modern humans, compared with Neanderthals, that made a difference. What made it possible for us to build up these enormous societies, and spread around the globe, and develop the technology that I think no one can doubt is unique to humans. — Svante Paabo

The dirty little secret of genomics is that we still know next to nothing about how a genome translates into the particularities of a living and breathing individual. If — Svante Paabo

In the 50,000 years that followed - a time four to eight times shorter than the entire length of time the Neanderthals existed - the replacement crowd not only settled on almost every habitable speck of land on the planet, they developed technology that allowed them to go to the moon and beyond. — Svante Paabo

From a genomic perspective, we are all Africans. — Svante Paabo

I really wanted to discover mummies, like Indiana Jones. — Svante Paabo