The Clan of the cave bear / Auel, Jean M

An injured and orphaned infant carries within her the seed and hope of mankind in this epic of survival and destiny set at the dawn of prehistory.

After her parents are killed in an earthquake, Ayla is raised by the Clan of the Cave Bear, a rival race of humanoid creatures living in prehistoric Europe. But Ayla knows she is different and a member of The Others, and she longs to find her own people.