In human prehistory, children who were born early were the evolutionary future, but they needed special care to survive. Kinder is such a child and her mother, Bough, is a fierce defender. But because the father is absent, she offers her child to the Elements. A second child, Huntress, helps them survive by making an alliance with a young wolf. Dangers in prehistory abound as adults are the size of pre-teens today, and they face many predators including non-human primates. Read this story to envision how the New Ones survived to become humankind.