2 July 2009
The oldest flute in the world
Posted by Cecilia under: Art; Culture; Science .
If we had to guess when humans first started to make music with instruments we would probably place the date at around 9,000 BC - the time of the ancient but highly developed culture of the Sumerians.
Last week this date was updated by German archaeologists. Their findings are stunning. They discovered a flute determined to be over 35,000 years old.
This oldest flute in the world was almost 8 inches long, had 5 holes and was made of a wing bone of a griffon vulture.
A reconstruction of the flute showed that people could make complex melodies with it.
Making music with instruments was probably one of many signs of the higher culture of the modern Homo Sapiens versus the Neanderthals.
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