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35,000-Year-Old Flute Is Oldest Music Instrument Ever Found

Posted by timothy on from the old-earth-theory dept.

Omomyid writes "The AFP is reporting the discovery of a 35,000 year-old flute, made from a vulture wing bone. The context described makes it sound like a musician's shop. There were also fragments of ivory-based flutes and flint tools. Being at least 35KYO this bone flute beats the previous oldest-known musical instrument by at least 5,000 years and puts it very close to the beginning of the Aurignacian culture."

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  1. Neanderthal invented musical instruments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is the oldest for the Homo sapiens, but there were flutes found on Neanderthal sites, much older flutes.
    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/376813/neanderthal_flute_the_oldest_musical.html