He won the NOBEL price for sequencing Neanderthal DNA
He also discovered the previously unknown hominin Denisova
According to Paabo he found that gene transfer had occurred from these now extinct hominins to Homo sapiens from the migration out of Africa approx 70,000 Yrs ago.
Paabo wons the NOBEL price and the amount is 10 million Swedish kronor ($901,500)
He will receive this prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf