Meeting of minds: 'We have learned more about the brain in the last 20 years than the previous 200'

The human brain took millions of years to build the complex intelligence we enjoy today. A  neuroscientist says technological advances could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of disorders such as Alzheimer's and eventually see humans merge with machines

There is a growing body of research on the brain’s evolution. 

Joseph Jebelli is a man on a mission — he wants us to stop taking our brain for granted. In his latest book, How the Mind Changed: A Human History of Our Evolving Brain, the British neuroscientist charts the journey of the extraordinary organ which has been key to our development as a species.

Jebelli says that throughout his neuroscience research, he has always been fascinated by the brain’s evolution.