The Brain – Organ of Mystery

Since man first realized that inside the head was an organ that allowed him to think, reasons, learn, and make decisions, there have been some pretty crazy myths circulated. It was commonly held, for example, that smaller people had smaller brains and were thus not as smart as larger people. It was also a belief among many early evolutionists that Africans were lower on the evolutionary scale than Caucasians and their brains were thus not as developed. All of these of course were debunked long before the 20^th century. Still, however, more myths come – probably because the brain …read more