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Ben Crair

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The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal

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By Ben Crair
| MIT Technology Review Verified
You’ve probably heard some version of this idea before: that many of us have an “inner Neanderthal.” That is to say, around 45,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens first arrived in Europe, they met members of a cousin species—the broad-browed, heavier-set Neanderthals—and, well, one thing led to another, which is why some people now carry a small amount of Neanderthal DNA. This DNA is arguably the 21st century’s most celebrated discovery in human evolution.
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Perspectives from Slovenia: Wildflower days and wine-flowing nights

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By Ben Crair
| The San Diego Union-Tribune Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Ben Crair For The New York Times Our first stop on a 10-day road trip through Slovenia was a weathered, wooden farmhouse whose owner, Aci Urbajs, called himself a farmer, a father, an artist, an anarchist and a winemaker. “You will see, I am crazy,” he said, greeting my partner, Brandi, and me as we got out of our rented Opel.
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Wildflower days and wine-flowing nights in Slovenia

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By Ben Crair
| The Spokesman-Review Verified
Our first stop on a 10-day road trip through Slovenia was a weathered, wooden farmhouse whose owner, Aci Urbajs, called himself a farmer, a father, an artist, an anarchist and a winemaker. “You will see, I am crazy,” he said, greeting my partner, Brandi, and me as we got out of our rented Opel. Farmers built the house – which Urbajs now keeps as an informal guesthouse – centuries ago in eastern Slovenia on a hill called Rifnik, where today four Icelandic horses graze.
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