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University of California Press

About the Book

Björn Kurtén's compelling novel gives the reader a detailed picture of life 35,000 years ago in Western Europe. One of the world's leading scholars of Ice Age fauna, Kurtén fuses extraordinary knowledge and imagination in this vivid evocation of our deepest past. This novel illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould

A Challenge to the Reader

PART ONE: VEYDE

PART TWO: SHELK

PART THREE: TIGER

Author's Note