There is a legend about an autopsy having been performed on a space alien in New Mexico, many decades ago. Assuming that this al
ien was as well-educated and trained on its planet as NASA educates and trains astronauts on Earth, what feature would be expected in the alien's brain
In the given case, the brain of the alien would be showing an enlarged region with surface grooves and folds. It is nothing but the cerebral cortex and mainly the neocortex. As the name suggests that it is the latest addition to the brain and is regarded to be originated by the process of evolution.
It is the main region of extraordinary cognitive tendencies like reasoning, thinking, analysis, and other things. As mentioned in the question, that alien is trained like astronauts on the Earth, thus, this neocortex would be certainly found in the brain of the alien.
When there has been an error in copying a DNA, a DNA repair gene fixes its mistakes. However, a person having an error in his DNA repair gene (which are not corrected), it may lead to gene mutations with the possibility of leading to cancer. The mutations of DNA repair gene can possibly be inherited or acquired.
