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Bone Flute

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Bone Flute

38,000 BCE
38,000 to 33,000 BCE
1,600 Generations Ago

The oldest undisputed musical instrument is the Hohle Fels Flute discovered in the Hohle Fels cave in Germany’s Swabian Alb in 2008. The flute is made from a vulture’s wing bone perforated with five finger holes.


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