The Amazing History of Neuroscience

Living safer and healthier was a top priority for the ancients: when they hurt their heads in battle, they used to heal their wounds using the remedies they had discovered on their own. Some of these remedies were recorded on a papyrus now known as Edwin Smyth Papyrus [2]. Interestingly, this is the oldest written evidence of the word brain we have on Earth, and it dates back to 3500 years ago (see Figure 2). Use the hieroglyphics to write the word BRAIN in the blank space!