On the evolution of the head, from the Globe:

For centuries, the human skull has been a powerful symbol — a desk accessory in depictions of St. Jerome, the catalyst for Hamlet’s meditation on the evanescence of life, or a warning of deadly poison. To evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, skulls and their fleshy contents are not just evocative; sculpted by evolution, they contain the story of why people turned out like people, and not like Neanderthals or chimpanzees.

Tomorrow: Check in for a report on Saturday’s meeting on the science of music and the brain. The Longwood Symphony Orchestra — made up primarily of Boston-area medical staffers — sponsored yesterdays “”https://www.longwoodsymphony.org/neurosciencesymposium.html">Crossing the Corpus Callosum II:

Neuroscience, Healing & Music."