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The History of Man in 45 Minutes or Less

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Everybody talks about the beautiful beaches, the ancient ruins, the spectacle that is Knossos if they go to Crete, the southernmost Greek island. But, honest to the Greek gods, the most fabulous museum on that island, hands down, is the Homo Sapiens Village . This museum covers the entirety of the human (or at least male) experience in one place that you can experience from start to finish in about 45 minutes. This will leave you plenty of time of sit on a lovely Cretan beach or eat more delicious food or drink Retsina or Raki, because you’ll never need to visit another museum again. Take a look at what you can learn at Homo Sapiens Village: My sister, the anthropologist, says this progression is all wrong. Maybe it's the blood splashed all over it. Shouldn't this should read “From the caves TO the moon”? Unless we evolved from caves on the moon—and I don’t think so. Where’s the guitar or better yet, the alto sax (that’s what I play)? From the cave on the fa...