The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel · May 2000
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The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1980 novel and epic work of prehistoric fiction by Jean M. Auel about prehistoric times. It is the first book in the Earth's Children book series, which speculates on the possibilities of interactions between Neanderthal and modern Cro-Magnon humans. ---------- Also contained in: [Earth's Children](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2746374W)
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