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Earth's Children is a series of epic [1] historical fiction (or more precisely, prehistorical fiction) novels [2] [3] written by Jean M. Auel set circa 30,000 years before the present day. There are six novels in the series.
Jean Marie Auel (/ aʊ l /; née Untinen; born February 18, 1936) is an American writer who wrote the Earth's Children books, a series of novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores human activities during this time, and touches on the interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. Her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
Ayla is the main character of Jean Auel's Earth's Children novels, a series which started in 1980. She is a woman of unknown origins, simply referred to as one of 'the Others', though possibly a Cro-Magnon woman who was raised by Neanderthals. Her blonde hair and light blue-grey eyes, which would be a much later evolution in the homo-sapien ...
The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1980 novel and epic [1] 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 .
Prehistoric Fiction is a science fiction subgenre in which the story is set in the ages prior to the existence of written records, generally known as prehistory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A span of time that may include as its fictional setting the three periods of Stone Age ; the Paleolithic , Mesolithic or Neolithic as well as the Metal Ages .
"The Plains of Passage" spent weeks on the New York Times best sellers list from 1990–1991. [2] The novel currently holds a 3.8/5 on Goodreads [3] and a 4.5/5 on the Barnes and Noble website. [4]
Jean Clottes is a prominent French prehistorian. He was born in the French Pyrenees in 1933 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and began to study archaeology in 1959, while teaching high school. He initially focused on Neolithic dolmens , which were the topic of his 1975 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Toulouse .
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...