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Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo recently won the Nobel Prize in medicine.
Evolution
Pääbo created new methods to study the most basic part of some ancient human genes. His research on human evolution shows genetic information from the early humans, Neanderthals, appears in the genes of some modern humans.
Evolution is the process by which changes in plants, animals, and humans happen overtime.
Evolution can refer to any process of slow change and development.
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.