瑞典古遗传学专家斯万特·帕博（Svante Pääbo）因为“his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution,” 获得2022年诺贝尔医学或生理学奖，确属意外。连他自己都说“不认为”自己的工作“有资格获得诺贝尔奖”（Pääbo was surprised by his new laureate status, saying he "did not think" that his work would ever "qualify for a Nobel Prize."）。

我认为这不是谦虚。他在人类遗传进化方面的工作原创性很强，没有丝毫问题，但是否能获诺奖，确实成问题，因为离生理学或医学还是远了一点。虽然诺贝尔大会秘书托马斯·帕尔曼（Thomas Perlmann）说没有问题，说帕博的工作对了解人类身份以及人类生理学具有深远意义的领域开辟了新天地。最终可能证明这对医学也很重要“（"It breaks new ground in an area that is of profound importance for understanding who we are as humans, and also our physiology. We now have a grip on the individual genes that must have changed and made us who we are today, as humans. I'm sure this will develop in very exciting ways that — eventually — may also prove important for medicine.）

帕博是诺贝尔奖获得者苏内·伯格斯特伦的儿子，苏内·贝格斯特伦于1982年获得诺贝尔医学奖。帕博认为他的母亲是他一生中对科学影响最大的人，她说她一直在激发和鼓励他对该领域的兴趣。他的父亲获得诺贝尔奖的事实“也许”帮助他认识到诺贝尔奖获得者“是普通人”，“这并不是一件了不起的事“。

见：

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 'unusual' candidate who discovered that modern humans and Neanderthals had children together

https://www.insider.com/nobel-prize-in-medicine-unusual-pick-geneticist-svante-paeaebo-2022-10

Svante Pääbo Awarded Nobel for Paleogenomics

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/svante-p-bo-awarded-nobel-for-paleogenomics-70579

Profile of Svante Pääbo

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0606596103