Five of the best SF/F novels about Neanderthals

At the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Ceridwen Christensen tagged five of the best SF/F novels about Neanderthals (that aren’t The Clan of the Cave Bear). One title on the list:Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton

This Beowulf update is told from the point of view of a 10th century urbane Muslim who ends up in exile with a bunch of barely housebroken Vikings, with editor’s notes overlaid and