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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. Re:Interesting! by causality · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It makes a person wonder just how long ago music was enjoyed (besides whistling or singing) or did we just grunt our way around?

    The more I learn about the subject, the more convinced I am that the ancients were not the unsophisticated primitives that we often imagine them to be.

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    It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
  2. Re:Interesting! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or that we are not the sophisticated advanced species we often imagine us to be?