Golding imagined Neanderthals might have behaved as their culture began to bump up against a stronger one. Auel who had clearly done their research about life in the prehistoric era. This was the first well-written book I discovered when I went to the library as a young teen in hopes of finding more storytellers like Jean M. The following list is the cream of the crop of everything I’ve read so far about Neanderthals and how they might have interacted with Homo sapiens tens of thousands of years ago or in modern times. I’ve spent years on the lookout for books that are comparable to this one and its sequels. Life wasn’t exactly easy for hunter-gatherers 30,000 years ago, so there were also plenty of subplots about gathering food, making weapons, preserving medicinal herbs, and doing everything else necessary to survive the cold, long winters of an ice age. The plot is an intriguing blend of adventure, romance, mystery, and even a touch bit of the paranormal genre at times. The Clan of the Cave Bear is one of those stories that I’ve returned to over and over again. I’ll be the first to shout it from the rooftops if that ever changes! In the meantime, why not talk about something I enjoyed quite a bit? No, it doesn’t look like there’s anything in the works. Part of the reason why I picked this specific tale to start this series off with is because I’ve been getting a spike of visitors coming to this site looking for information about Auel, her characters, and whether there is going to be a TV show or movie made about the Earth’s Children books. It has four sequels about Ayla’s life as an adult. Auel in 1980 about an orphaned human girl named Ayla who was raised by Neanderthals.

The Clan of the Cave Bear is a prehistoric novel written by Jean M. Once I’ve come up with several similar titles to recommend to people who enjoyed a certain book, that post will be added to the queue. Just like with the interviews with people who love speculative fiction that I’ll begin publishing here next week, Hopeful Science Fiction, film reviews, Questions from the Search Engines, and Blogging Advice, this series won’t be updated on a specific schedule. I’ve decided to start another series on this blog.

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