Last year, for instance, the prize in physiology or medicine went to Svante Paabo, a pioneer of the study of fossil DNA, which has shed much light on human evolution.

例如， 去年的生理学或医学奖颁给了斯万特·帕博 (Svante Paabo)，他是化石 DNA 研究的先驱，该研究为人类进化提供了很多线索。