![]() ![]() Set in Ice Age Europe, The Clan of the Cave Bear follows the tale of cro-Magnon – or first early modern human – Ayla who is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal after losing her parents in an earthquake. Despite their initial reluctance to do so, under the example of medicine woman Iza and holy man Creb, the clan begin to accept Ayla as she begins to immerse herself into their way of life. Taking the 92nd place in the BBC Big Reads poll, despite being one of the lesser known novels, it still came highly recommended by my step-father and a colleague of mine – both of whom had read it many years previously. Written by Jean M Auel and published in 1980, The Clan of the Cave Bear is the first historical novel in Auel’s Earth Children series which speculates on the possibilities of interactions between Neanderthal and modern Cro-Magnon humans. The Clan of the Cave Bear was one of only a very small number of novels that made the BBC Top 100 Reads that I hand’t heard of prior to working my way through the list. ![]()
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