![]() ![]() They also possess group memory that extends back thousands of generations. They express themselves through a highly developed body language of movement and symbol. Neanderthals possess emotions in the novel but not speech. Auel portrays Ayla’s adoptive family, the clan of the Cave Bear, as an alternative-not a lesser-human species. Set 25,000 years ago, it begins the story of Ayla, an orphaned Cro Magnon child adopted by a Neanderthal clan. Rowling.Ĭlan of the Cave Bear was conceived as the first of the six books of the Earth’s Children series. The success of Clan of the Cave Bear was not exceeded until 1997, with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ( Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) by J.K. The book was made into a feature film in 1986. Most books on best-seller lists appear for a few weeks at most, but Clan of the Cave Bear held its place for eight months, selling millions of copies worldwide and putting Auel in the company of Stephen King and Anne Rice, two of the most popular writers of the 1980s. And she did it with one book, Clan of the Cave Bear (1980). ![]() ![]() No contemporary Oregon writer has achieved the superstar celebrity status of Jean Auel. ![]()
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