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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. Is it april 1st again already? by Hanzie · · Score: 0, Troll

    This really sounds like an april fools joke. If it's accurate, it's interesting, because there were also painting tools and a "stunning" carved female figurine. So this place was either an arts university, or a nightclub. Probably a nightclub, since I don't think they had McDonalds back then to hire arts graduates.

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  2. Alert me! by GooDieZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...when they discover that this stuff is GPL... RIAA will be on the case soon :D

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