An autistic paleontologist receives a series of messages from a time traveler who is studying a band of Neanderthals in prehistoric Europe, although his one friend, Ron, thinks that the messages are an amateur sf story.
Heading down for the NT site. More later.

Variants

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  1. “Scout’s Honor” by Terry Bisson, in Sci Fiction, 28 January 2004.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Terry Bisson