Oxford researchers have identified the very first neurons in that part of the brain that sets us apart from all other animals. 
Dr Irina Bystron from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the
Your cerebral cortex controls perception, memory, thought, language, mental ability, intellect and consciousness. These new findings show that a person's first neurons are formed much earlier in the womb than previously thought. At about 31 days after fertilizationbefore the development of arms, legs or eyes, a baby's brain is formed.
This Oxford research team used cutting-edge techniques, including technologies that allowed them to study which genes are turned on in individual cells. The methods used...guided them to identify the first neurons, which they called ‘predecessor’ cells. What do you think?
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