Characters in "Neanderthal"
- Matt Mattison – protagonist, a scientist
- Susan Arnot – Mattison's scientific rival and former lover
- James Kellicut – an anthropologist who has gone missing
- Van Steeds – Scientist and representative of Institute of Prehistoric studies in the expedition
- Eagleton – Head of Institute of Prehistoric studies and using Mattison and Arnot
- Rudy – Russian-Tajik guide of the expedition
- Sharafidin – Guide of Kellicut
- Sergei – Member of the doomed Russian expedition
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