35,000 year old flutes found in Germany

[gregorach]

One for the archaeology fans: 35,000-year-old German flutes display excellent kraftwerk

Thirty-five thousands years before the likes of Kraftwerk, Nena and Rammstein, the lands of Germany were resounding to a very different sort of musical sound - tunes emanating from flutes made of bird bones and ivory. These thin tubes have recently been uncovered by Nicholas Conard from the University of Tubingen and they're some of the oldest musical instruments ever discovered.

The ancient flutes hail from the Hohle Fels Cave in Germany's Ach Valley, a veritable treasure trove of prehistoric finds that have also yielded the oldest known figurative art. The flutes were found less than a metre away. Together, these finds show that Europeans had a rich artistic and musical culture as far back as the Upper Palaeolithic period, some 35,000 years ago.

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(Apologies for the kraftwerk puns. Not my fault. )

 

[jimford]

Now _they_ were bushcrafters. They didn't sit on the steps of their Winnebagos carving with their £250 Ray Mears knifes!
;^)

Jim

 

[Indoorsout]

Excellent find