TIL The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear. nms.si Submitted by gonejahman t3_125aras on March 29, 2023 at 2:41 AM in todayilearned 93 comments 1,932
AccordionORama t1_je6k84a wrote on March 29, 2023 at 7:44 PM In case you're interested (like I was) in the reasoning that went into calling this a flute, as opposed to "something that bears a resemblance to part of a flute", Wikipedia has a rather thorough discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divje_Babe_flute Permalink 2
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