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Character · Earth's Children · 6 books

Ayla

Orphan raised by the Clan · Jean M. Auel

Ayla is a girl of modern humans orphaned by an earthquake and raised by Neanderthals. Brilliant, brave and resourceful, she becomes a healer and an inventor.

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Character facts

First appearance
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980)
Latest appearance
The Land of Painted Caves (2011)
Books
6 (6 as lead)
Series
Earth's Children
Author
Jean M. Auel
Circle
Earth's Children

Where to meet Ayla

Ayla first appears in The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980), as the lead, book 1 of the Earth's Children series.

Buy The Clan of the Cave Bear

Every book with Ayla

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1980LThe Clan of the Cave Bearlead · Earth's ChildrenBuy
  2. 1982LThe Valley of Horseslead · Earth's ChildrenBuy
  3. 1985LThe Mammoth Hunterslead · Earth's ChildrenBuy
  4. 1990LThe Plains of Passagelead · Earth's ChildrenBuy
  5. 2002LThe Shelters of Stonelead · Earth's ChildrenBuy
  6. 2011LThe Land of Painted Caveslead · Earth's ChildrenBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
JondalarTall Zelandonii traveller5
WhinneyAyla's horse5