How I Made A Record With 30,000-Year-Old Bone Flutes

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Rupert Till writes on the archaeology of sound: 'The kind of instruments that people were rebuilding included quite a wide range. The oldest are flutes made of vulture or swan bone, or sometimes mammoth ivory. Those are up to 43,000 years old, the oldest human musical instruments that have ever been found, even older than the Isturitz examples.'

Period27 Sep 2018

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  • TitleHow I Made A Record With 30,000-Year-Old Bone Flutes
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletThe Quietus
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date27/09/18
    Description'The kind of instruments that people were rebuilding included quite a wide range. The oldest are flutes made of vulture or swan bone, or sometimes mammoth ivory. Those are up to 43,000 years old, the oldest human musical instruments that have ever been found, even older than the Isturitz examples.'
    URLhttps://thequietus.com/articles/25372-rupert-till-ancient-instruments
    PersonsRupert Till
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