Welcome to Prehistoric Book Club - meet your hosts, Kat and Steph. Set down your hand axe, light a fire in your hearth and join two old friends for a close read of Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel. Join us beginning September 1, 2026 for weekly episodes going chapter by chapter - think of it as a re-watch podcast, but for a book. We'll get into the writing and the archeology that makes these books so remarkable.

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In our first episode, we recap the first short chapter of the book and discuss how the idea for this series came to the author, the research she did to complete it and our memories of first discovering the magical world she created.

References:

Shanidar: The First Flower People, by Ralph S. Solecki, 1971 (out of print)

Don's Maps - www.donsmaps.com - Clan Cave Area map

The Valley of Horses, Jean M. Auel, 1982

Also mentioned: V.C. Andrews, Lois Duncan

Prehistoric Book Club is hosted by Steph and Kat, two old friend doing a deep dive into the Earth's Children books by Jean M. Auel. Season One covers The Clan of The Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel, 1980

Theme Music: Sanskrit, courtesy iMovie/Apple.

In this episode, we meet the clan, ponder the significance of the totem spirits, and question the effectiveness of Brun’s leadership - but who are we to quibble, after all we’re just women!

References:

A Short History of the World According to Sheep, by Sally Coulthard, 2020

The Carrier Bag of Fiction Theory, by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1989

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution, by Cat Bohannon, 2025

Prehistoric Book Club is hosted by Steph and Kat, two old friend doing a deep dive into the Earth's Children books by Jean M. Auel. Season One covers The Clan of The Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel, 1980

Theme Music: Sanskrit, courtesy iMovie/Apple.