# The biggest myths about Neanderthals

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Bruce Hardy
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_hardy_the_biggest_myths_about_neanderthals)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. Bruce Hardy explores what happened to our evolutionary cousins. \[Directed by Daniel Harisberger, Team Tumult, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Ardie Son, Francesco D'Andrea, Bishara Haroni, Roie Shpigler, Borrtex, Nobou\].

## Lectures

1. [The biggest myths about Neanderthals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bruce_hardy_the_biggest_myths_about_neanderthals/64c30637f55d), 7 min (TED's player)