Jean M. Auel

Jean M. Auel

Several years ago I received a copy of the Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel.
At first I thought "this is not my cup of tea"' but I started reading it...and got hooked!
Many nights I burned the midnight oil and I become truly captivated by the book.
I could hardly wait for the next epic to be released.
When her parents are killed by an earthquake, 5-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone.
Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the little girl is as good as gone until she is discovered by a group who call themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear.
This clan, left homeless by the same disaster, have little interest in the helpless girl who comes from the tribe they refer to as the "Others."

Only their medicine woman sees in Ayla a fellow human, worthy of care. She painstakingly nurses her back to health--a decision that will forever alter the physical and emotional structure of the clan.
Although this story takes place roughly 35,000 years ago, its cast of characters could easily slide into any modern tale.
The members of the Neanderthal clan, ruled by traditions and taboos, find themselves challenged by this outsider, who represents the physically modern Cro-Magnons. And as Ayla begins to grow and mature, her natural tendencies emerge, putting her in the middle of a brutal and dangerous power struggle. Follow Ayla as she sets out on her own odyssey of discovery, meeting Jondalar, a man of the "Others" and joins him in his exiting quest to return home to his people.

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Prehistoric Sites in Southwest France

Magnificent cliff dwellings at Roc St. Christophe, in the Dordogne River Valley.
Located in southwest France the area is known for its profoundly revealing prehistoric caves.
Hidden away in the caves of Lascaux in southwest France are 17,000 year-old paintings on stone walls.
These primitive illustrations were a product of what may have been the world's earliest civilization, which existed in Europe between 35,000 and 10,000 years ago.
Among its creations, it filled dozens of caves, with the realistic, oversized paintings of the animals it hunted for food and raw materials.
This civilization also cut engravings into stone, and carved female figurines out of bone and ivory.

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Early Man-intersting facts

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave

Prehistoric Art

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