When is clan of the cave bear set?
The novel references the advance of the polar ice sheets, setting the story before 19,950 years Before Present (BP) or 18,000 years BCE, when the farthest southern encroachment of the last glacial period of the current ice age occurred. Auel's time-frame, somewhere between 29,950 and 26,950 years BP or 28,000 and 25,000 BCE, corresponds generally with archaeological estimates of the Neanderthal branch of mankind disappearing.
When is clan of the cave bear set BP?
19,950 years
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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When is clan of the cave bear set BCE?
18,800 years
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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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.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. Auel's 1980 prehistoric fiction novel Clan of the Cave Bear discusses the possibilities of interactions between Neanderthal and modern Cro-Magnon humans around 19,950 years ago, or 18,800 years BCE.