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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. Flute by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That headline is not complete. It should say:

    35,000-year-old Flute Is Oldest Musical Instrument Ever Found, Slashdotters Highly Disappointed Flute Is Not Made of Skin.

    By the way, FIRST POST!!

  2. 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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  3. 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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