A new clue to how the people lived 35,000 years ago has been pieced together. It’s not another skeleton of a pre-historic human being but rather a musical instrument made from the wing bone of a vulture. The archaeologists unearthed the flute as fragments last summer in the Hohle Fels cave in Germany. There were 12 pieces of the flute scattered all over the cave and this team of archaeologists lead by Nicholas Conard painstakingly pieced them all together. The result is an 8.6-inch flute having five holes and a notched end. The flute dates back 35,000 years ago, which makes it the oldest musical instrument in the world.
Archaeologists Piece Together 35,000 Year Old Flute
But, aside from being the oldest instrument, this Hohle Fels flute has more significance.
This new discovery gives a big insight on how people lived back then in Europe. It shows that people already had a modern society. “These finds demonstrate the presence of a well-established musical tradition at the time when modern humans colonized Europe,” according to Conrad. He and his colleagues published their findings on Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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That's so cool btw,
hi zuzu!!
awosome i thnk this is mine and they took it!!.
thats pretty cool i think they are gona find moree stuff sooner
ok ahmad every now and then i come by waleg and i check out the new stuff they have and everytime i go to check wat people rite for cooments i always see u and u know wat i see u doing i see u making a hole new problem out of nothing wich isnt wat they put these things up here for and i cant believe that waleg didnt like ban u from herre and i wana ask u do u have a life and dont tell me yes because u dont everytime someone cooments u coment and critsis them just stop! khalas stop annoying everyone and even if its just AN OPNION! every opnion u make is something no one wants to hear i mean thanx for the drawing of haifa but that doesnt make u ssomething really big and u cant critisis someone for any reason i mean u really act like a 5 yr old just please stop! and im not tryin to start anything here or make any fights i just wanted to tell u that and to make sure i dont say anything im not gona rite anything back wen u type back because i know ur gona since u do it every second of the dayy!
you want Waleg to banned me cause i said hi to you and i said it's awsome flute!!
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am just going to forget what i saw...
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