Jindamai Ekrattananut gives money to her grandchildren after the traditional ancestors worship rituals on the eve of Lunar New Year in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Gold joss paper or paper offerings are burnt during the traditional ancestors worship rituals on the eve of Lunar New Year in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Sudagarn Aroon-ekrattananut and her daughter pay respect to their ancestors, offering food, fruits and gifts during the traditional worship rituals on the eve of Lunar New Year inside their home in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Somsri Boondee, 76, burns silver and gold joss paper for ancestors during the traditional worship rituals on the eve of Lunar New Year inside her home in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Thai-Chinese family member have meal together, called "reunion dinner", after the traditional worship rituals toward ancestors on the eve of Lunar New Year inside their home in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Chanoknooch Boondee, 42, pays respect to her ancestors, offering food, fruits and gifts during the traditional worship rituals on the eve of Lunar New Year inside her home in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Somsri Boondee, 76, and her sister pay respect to their ancestors, offering food, fruits and gifts during the traditional worship rituals on the eve of Lunar New Year inside their home in Nakhon Pathom province, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Palestinians work on mosaics, in Gaza City January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

Palestinians work on mosaics, in Gaza City January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

Palestinians work on mosaics, in Gaza City January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

Palestinians work on mosaics, in Gaza City January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

Palestinians work on mosaics, in Gaza City January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

A family of Malaysia's indigenous people of Temuan tribe burn joss sticks as an offering to their forefather as they celebrate ancestors' day at Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Malaysia's aboriginal people of Temuan tribe burn joss papers and sticks as an offering to their forefathers during their ancestors' day celebration in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

A Malaysia's indigenous man of Temuan tribe burns joss papers as an offering to his forefather as he celebrates ancestors' day in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Foods and cigarettes are placed on an altar as an offering to the forefather as Malaysia's indigenous people of Temuan tribe celebrate ancestors' day in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

A family of Malaysia's indigenous people of Temuan tribe tend to the grave of their forefather, as they celebrate ancestors day at Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Goldsmith Khader Qamar melts gold using molds inherited from his ancestors, at the gold market in Omdurman, Sudan, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 

Goldsmith Khader Qamar makes traditional jewellery using molds inherited from his ancestors at the gold market in Omdurman, Sudan November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 

Goldsmith Khader Qamar shows the molds he inherited from his ancestors at the gold market in Omdurman, Sudan November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, holds on to a life-saver after being thrown into the water by co-workers, at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, climbs over a fence, after being thrown into the water by co-workers at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, reacts after being thrown into the water by co-workers, at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, reacts after being thrown into the water by co-workers, at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, reacts after being thrown into the water by co-workers, at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, is thrown into water by co-workers at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, poses with a Neanderthal skull at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, swims after being thrown into the water by co-workers, at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, reacts after being thrown into the water by co-workers, at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, poses with a Neanderthal skull at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, hugs a co-worker at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, celebrates at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, celebrates with co-workers at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner