Thanks for the video link Jaegoor. Great stuff! I like the picture too. I'll have to give that a try
@CA - I agree that Clan of the Cave Bear doesn't line up with current information of neanderthals. As well as other inaccuracies. But I wonder how much of that is because of the available information, as well as how difficult it may have been to find accurate information, at the time it was written.
That aside, I think this book did something else. Which was to bring slinging (at least to an extent) into the public eye. For me personally, I was aware of slings. I had heard of David and Goliath. I remember playing the game King's Quest, in which you can find a sling to kill a giant. But it wasn't until after reading Cave Bear that my interest peaked enough that I wanted to make a sling and try it. So I do tip my hat to Auel for that.