A vivid version of prehistoryĪ non-fiction book, How to Think Like a Neandertal, shows how accurate Auel’s research was in conveying aspects of Neandertal life. One Neanderthal hunter, Broud, hates her so much he vows to destroy her it’s a tension that comes to dominate her life and the book. She teaches herself to hunt – an act of female rebellion that almost sees her cursed to death. They’re short and stocky with heavy facial features the tall, blonde girl seems ugly to them.Īyla does her best to become like her adopted family but has a wilful, independent streak that leads her into trouble. The Clan favour sign language over speech, and can access shared memories. Then a Neanderthal tribe find her badly wounded but alive, and it seems like a blessing from the ancestral spirits.īut while her new family quickly grows attached to the girl, they’re very different. After an earthquake destroys her home she’s left at the mercy of the untamed environment.
“The child was alone in a wilderness of grassy steppes and scattered forests…”įive-year-old Ayla is an early European modern human (i.e., Cro-Magnon) child. The first book in the Earth’s Children series, The Clan of the Cave Bear brings the world of mammoths and Neanderthals vividly to life.
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