Archive for June, 2009
Seriously Vintage Musical Instrument
Amazing. Archaeologists have found a flute believed to be over 30,000 years old. Carved from a vulture bone, this instrument appears to demonstrate that homo sapiens had the gift of music at a very early stage of development. this may be one of the reasons they were able to leap past the Neanderthals. The ancient flutes are evidence for an early musical tradition that likely helped modern humans communicate and form tighter social bonds…. Music may therefore have been important to maintaining and strengthening Stone Age social networks among modern humans, allowing for greater societal organization and strategizing [National Geographic News].
