Earths Children Series, The Clan Of The Cave Bear, The Valley Of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains Of Passage, by Jean M. Auel, books 1-4
 
Earth's Children is a series of epic historical fiction novels by Jean M. Auel set 30,000 years before the present day. The series has six novels, and I am offering the first four in paperback.
The series is set in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic era after ceramics were discovered but before the last advance of glaciers. The books focus on the period of co-existence between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals.
The series is a tale of personal discovery, coming-of-age, invention, cultural complexities, and, beginning with the second book, explicit romantic sex. It tells the story of Ayla, an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl who is adopted and raised by a tribe of Neanderthals and later embarks on a journey to find the Others (her kind). Along the way, she meets her romantic interest and supporting co-protagonist, Jondalar.
Auel's series also incorporates several recent archeological and anthropological theories, including Sapiens-Neanderthal interbreeding.
The author's treatment of unconventional sexual practices (central to her hypothesized nature-centered religions) and frequent explicit depictions of sex have earned the series a top twenty place on the American Library Association's list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books 1990–1999.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Valley of Horses
The Mammoth Hunters
The Plains of Passage
These Are Not Children's Books!
 
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