Bone Flute Is Oldest Instrument, Study Says
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 18:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A newfound vulture-bone flute is likely the world's oldest recognizable musical instrument, a new study says. The 40,000-year-old flute may add to evidence that music helped do in the Neanderthals.
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