Who discovered the cerebral cortex?
His name was Grog. His brother in law, Gork, was bothering him after a long day of Mastodon hunting. The guy just wouldn’t shut up, so Grog picked up a rock and smashed it over Gork’s head, splitting his skull wide open and exposing various parts of the human brain, including the cerebral cortex. Thus Grog is credited as being the discoverer of the cerebral cortex. You can google it if you don’t believe me. I’m sorry to say that this question is kind of like asking “who discovered the hand?” You are not going to be able to find a good answer. At best, you will find the work of early neuroanatomists’ work describing, not discovering, the cerebral cortex.
