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Author says prehistoric humans were a lot like us.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 28-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Author says prehistoric humans were a lot like us.(Higher Education)(Jean Auel reveals that her popular series will take two more novels to end the story)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard

If someone calls you a Neanderthal, maybe you should take it as a compliment.

When it comes to defending the reputation of prehistoric humans, you'd be hard pressed to find a better advocate than Jean Auel, the Portland author of the hugely popular Earth's Children series of novels.

Auel brought her defense to the University of Oregon on Monday, when she spoke to about 60 students in anthropology professor Sarah McClure's Archaeology in Film and Fiction course. Auel assured the students that, Hollywood's images notwithstanding, early humans living through an ice age 30,000 years ago were more like us than we give them credit for.

"Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons had to be very intelligent," said Auel. "They didn't read or...

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