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Subject: Re: Clan of the Cave Bear - info request
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	I've read both The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley
of the Horses, which is the second book in the series(and I am
eagerly awaiting any further novels!). I think the research was
done on how Neanderthal people lived-what kind of tools they used,
what they hunted, where they lived, things like that that scienticists
can get from site remains. The religion and brain part seem very
far-fetched, though interesting all the same. Since we have no
written record of Neanderthal religion, we can only speculate.
I'm sure an expert what have a different explanation on the larger
brain of the Neanderthal. One simple one is Neandethal were pro-
bably bigger than Cro-Magnon Man. A bigger brain doesn't mean
much unless you get a bigger forebrain to go with it. 
	Besides, who said that you need a bigger brain to remember
lots of stuff. Most of the brain goes unused anyway. I'd say the
memory stuff is all fiction, but it certainly makes for an interesting
novel.
					Sharon Badian