35,000-year-old flute is oldest known musical instrument
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 16:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, suggests that the first humans to occupy Europe had a fairly sophisticated culture. The instrument was excavated from a cave in Germany. The wing bone of a griffon vulture with five precisely drilled holes in it is the oldest known musical instrument, a 35,000-year-old relic of an early human society that drank beer, played flute and...
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