When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls
- Written by Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
ShutterstockMost of us would recognise a human brain, but what about the brain of a frog or fish? Given the vast diversity of life on Earth, there are some weird and wonderful brains out there.
Despite this, the basic plan of most vertebrate (animals with a backbone) brains is similar, consisting of three major regions: the fore-, mid- and...





