Hear! Hear! Both books were required reading in a senior archaeology seminar I once took (lo, these many years ago!). I found Kurten's book to be far superior. His second novel, Singletusk, is pretty darned good, too! Chris Andersen > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Jacobs [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 1:42 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: a quote > > Bjorn Kurten's "Dance of the Tiger" is a novel incorporating an hypothesis > about the outcome of the encounter between "Neanderthal" and "Cro- > Magnon" populations in northern Europe. It is good reading and, as > Gould points out in his Introduction, soundly grounded in biology and > genetics. I much preferred Kurten's novels over Jean Auel's "Clan of the > Cave Bear" which, I confess, I couldn't finish. > > MJ > > -- > Mike Jacobs > Archaeological Collections Curator > Arizona State Museum Tel: 520.621.6312, 621.4609 > University of Arizona Fax: 520.621.2976 > P.O. Box 210026 email: [log in to unmask] > Tucson, AZ 85721-0026 www: http://w3.arizona.edu:180/asm/