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** Jean M. Auel stated she originally set out to write only one book but that during the research and writing process, she decided the story would be better told in multiple books.
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** There was an attempt to develop [[TheShowOfTheBooks a TV series based on the first book]] starring Creator/MillieBrady as Ayla, that would've aired in 2015, but the pilot ultimately wasn't picked up.
** Jean M. Auel stated she originally set out to write only one book but that during the research and writing process, she decided the story would be better told in multiple books.
** Jean M. Auel stated she originally set out to write only one book but that during the research and writing process, she decided the story would be better told in multiple books.
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** There was an attempt to develop [[TheShowOfTheBooks a TV series based on the first book]] starring by [[Creator/TouchstoneTelevision Fox 21 TV Studios]] and Creator/{{Lifetime}}, with a pilot being ordered and filmed in 2014 for a 2015 airdate. It would've starred Creator/MillieBrady as Ayla, that would've aired in 2015, but Creator/CharleneMcKenna as Iza, Creator/HalOzsan as Brun, Johnny Ward as Broud and Aidan [=McArdle=] as Creb, with Creator/RonHoward as one of the executive producers. However, the pilot ultimately wasn't picked up.
** Jean M. Auel stated she originally set outup by Lifetime and attempts by Fox 21 to write only one book but shop it to other networks was unsuccessful. [[https://deadline.com/2015/11/the-clan-of-the-cave-bear-dead-lifetime-shopped-fox-21-1201616021/#comments Reportedly]], there were disputes between Fox 21 and Lifetime that during led to the research latter passing on the show over the number and writing process, she decided the story would length of episodes; Lifetime apparently wanted a miniseries with four feature-length episodes, but for economic reasons Fox 21 wanted it to be better told a regular cable series in multiple books. terms of episode count and runtime.
** Jean M. Auel stated she originally set out
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** In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S3E1ChallengeOfTheSeniorJuniorWoodchucks Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks]]" Scrooge mentions a location called "Cave of the Bear Clan".
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* ReferencedBy: The character of Ayla in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' - who is also a cavewoman - is a ShoutOut to the main protagonist of this series.
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** The character of Ayla in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' - who is also a cavewoman - is a ShoutOut to the main protagonist of thisseries. series.
** It's speculated that Ayla from ''VideoGame/AgeOfBarbarian: ARENA'' is a reference to this series' Ayla, given the character is a blonde AmazonianBeauty with a cavewoman-esque outfit and Stone Age weaponry.
** In ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', the mission ''Clan of the Cave Raccoon'' (which takes place in 10,000 BC) is a play on the title of the first book, ''The Clan of the Cave Bear''.
** The character of Ayla in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' - who is also a cavewoman - is a ShoutOut to the main protagonist of this
** It's speculated that Ayla from ''VideoGame/AgeOfBarbarian: ARENA'' is a reference to this series' Ayla, given the character is a blonde AmazonianBeauty with a cavewoman-esque outfit and Stone Age weaponry.
** In ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', the mission ''Clan of the Cave Raccoon'' (which takes place in 10,000 BC) is a play on the title of the first book, ''The Clan of the Cave Bear''.
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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://earthschildren.wikia.com Earth's Children wiki]].
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** Ayla is blonde and blue eyed, and many other Cro-Magnons have fair hair and bright eyes, but it is now believed that these mutations appeared in Europeans thousands of years later.
** Furthermore, all Neanderthals are portrayed as having brown hair and eyes (at least in the first book), but abundant evidence of Neanderthals with fair hair and eyes has been found since. Auel incorporated this into later installments, with Ayla and Jondalar meeting a blonde Clan woman named Yorga in the fourth book (published in 1990) and it being suggested that the Neanderthals Ayla lived with just happened to be largely dark-haired and dark-eyed.
** Furthermore, all Neanderthals are portrayed as having brown hair and eyes (at least in the first book), but abundant evidence of Neanderthals with fair hair and eyes has been found since. Auel incorporated this into later installments, with Ayla and Jondalar meeting a blonde Clan woman named Yorga in the fourth book (published in 1990) and it being suggested that the Neanderthals Ayla lived with just happened to be largely dark-haired and dark-eyed.
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** Ayla is blonde and blue eyed, blue-eyed, and many other Cro-Magnons have fair hair and bright light eyes, but it is now believed that these mutations appeared in Europeans thousands of years later.
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** Furthermore, all Neanderthals are portrayed as having brown hair and eyes (at least in the first book), and Ayla is considered unusual for her blonde hair and blue eyes, but abundant evidence of Neanderthals with fair hair and light eyes has been found since. Auel incorporated this into later installments, with Ayla and Jondalar meeting a blonde Clan woman named Yorga in the fourth book (published in 1990) and it being suggested that the Neanderthals Ayla lived with just happened to be largely dark-haired and dark-eyed.
** Furthermore, all Neanderthals are portrayed as having brown hair and eyes (at least in the first book), and Ayla is considered unusual for her blonde hair and blue eyes, but abundant evidence of Neanderthals with fair hair and light eyes has been found since. Auel incorporated this into later installments, with Ayla and Jondalar meeting a blonde Clan woman named Yorga in the fourth book (published in 1990) and it being suggested that the Neanderthals Ayla lived with just happened to be largely dark-haired and dark-eyed.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Jean M. Auel ''did'' actually do [[ShownTheirWork quite a lot of research]] for the books, though some theories were still evolving at the time and thus information could be limited or contradictory. Either way, several of Auel's ideas about Neanderthals aged ''really'' well (others not so much).
** Auel mentioned being particularly happy that science eventually vindicated her support of the theory that Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon could interbreed; when ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' first came out in 1980, she received criticism for this plot point from some scientists due to a supposed lack of accuracy. However, decades later a lot more evidence came to light supporting that Neanderthals and ''Homo sapiens'' can and did interbreed, and that some modern humans have Neanderthal ancestry.
** It was once believed that Neanderthals didn't have a concept of an afterlife or death rites, whilst in Auel's books they have a complex religion that includes belief in an afterlife and elaborate burial rites for their dead. Anthropologists eventually found evidence that Neanderthals indeed intentionally buried their dead and also appear to have buried personal effects and tools with them (suggesting they were intended for use in an afterlife).
** Other Neanderthal discoveries since the books came out include some pretty sophisticated medical knowledge, comparable to Auel's description of Iza's pharmocopaea and treatment methods, up to and including penicillin.
** Auel mentioned being particularly happy that science eventually vindicated her support of the theory that Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon could interbreed; when ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' first came out in 1980, she received criticism for this plot point from some scientists due to a supposed lack of accuracy. However, decades later a lot more evidence came to light supporting that Neanderthals and ''Homo sapiens'' can and did interbreed, and that some modern humans have Neanderthal ancestry.
** It was once believed that Neanderthals didn't have a concept of an afterlife or death rites, whilst in Auel's books they have a complex religion that includes belief in an afterlife and elaborate burial rites for their dead. Anthropologists eventually found evidence that Neanderthals indeed intentionally buried their dead and also appear to have buried personal effects and tools with them (suggesting they were intended for use in an afterlife).
** Other Neanderthal discoveries since the books came out include some pretty sophisticated medical knowledge, comparable to Auel's description of Iza's pharmocopaea and treatment methods, up to and including penicillin.
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* BannedInChina: Many of the books in the series have been banned from libraries in a few of the American states, including Texas, due to the explicit sexual content and depiction of unconventional sexual practices, the depiction of a nature-based, goddess-worshipping prehistoric society living alongside Neanderthals (along with other mentions of evolution), and scenes of rape involving a pubescent child in ''The Clan of the Cave Bear''. Between 1990 and 1999, the series was collectively listed as the 19th most challenged book in the US by the American Library Association.
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* SequelGap: The final three books were released in 1990, 2002 [[note]] twelve years [[/note]], and 2011 [[note]] nine years [[/note]]. The first book was released in ''1980'', meaning there were over ''thirty years'' between the release of the first book and the last.
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* SequelGap: The final three books were released in 1990, 2002 [[note]] twelve years [[/note]], (twelve year gap), and 2011 [[note]] nine years [[/note]].(nine year gap). The first book was released in ''1980'', meaning there were over ''thirty years'' between the release of the first book and the last.
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* ScheduleSlip: The letter of the trope is averted: Auel never missed release dates because she just didn't ''announce'' any. But the delays between books grew quite a bit.
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* ScheduleSlip: The letter of the trope is averted: Auel never missed release dates because she just didn't ''announce'' any. But the delays between books grew quite a bit. Auel admitted that she'd mostly planned out the overarching plot for the series when she wrote ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', but that she's a slow writer and so the series took longer than expected to complete.
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** A Czech author named Eduard Štorch had likewise published a novel called ''Mammoth Hunters''. In 1918.
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** A Czech author named Eduard Štorch had likewise published a novel called ''Mammoth Hunters''. In Hunters'' in 1918.
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** WordOfGod was that there were plans for a seventh book, but promotional material for ''The Land of Painted Caves'' confirmed it would be the final book in the series and there have been no mentions of a sequel thus far. Then again, considering [[SequelGap Auel's track record when it comes to sequels]], who knows?
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** WordOfGod was that there were plans for a seventh book, book (or at the very least Auel said she had enough material to produce another book), but promotional material for ''The Land of Painted Caves'' confirmed it would be the final book in the series and there have been no mentions of a sequel thus far. Then again, considering [[SequelGap Auel's track record when it comes to sequels]], who knows?
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* NoAdaptationsAllowed: Downplayed. Jean M Auel was ''not'' happy about the way the 1986 film adaptation of ''Film/TheClanOfTheCaveBear'' turned out (partly because she was completely left of the film's production despite previously being promised she'd be consulted). As a result, she never sold the movie rights again, although she stated in a 2011 interview that her children were free to sell the rights after she'd died. She also gave permission for a television series based on the first book to be made in 2014, though it ultimately didn't go ahead.
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* NoAdaptationsAllowed: Downplayed. Jean M M. Auel was ''not'' happy about the way the 1986 film adaptation of ''Film/TheClanOfTheCaveBear'' turned out (partly because she was completely left out of the film's production despite previously being promised she'd be consulted). As a result, she never sold the movie rights again, although she stated in a 2011 interview that her children were free to sell the rights after she'd died. She also gave permission for a television series based on the first book to be made in 2014, though it ultimately didn't go ahead.
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** A Czech author named Eduard Štorch had likewise published a novel called ''Mammoth Hunters''. In 1918.
