“The biggest myths about Neanderthals - Bruce Hardy” — what this page in the network covers. Dig into the surprisingly complex lives of Neanderthals, and explore theories on what happened to our evolutionary cousins. In 1856, quarriers working in Germany’s Neander Valley discovered several mysterious fossils.
The remains changed hands until being identified as the skullcap and femur bones of something ancient and human, but not quite us. It soon became clear they belonged to an extinct human species— the first ever known to science: Neanderthals. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.