Stone Age flutes found in Germany

Prehistoric people made musical instruments out of bone and ivory soon after reaching Europe. In an article found on sciencenews.org we learn that excavations made in the summer of 2008 at Hohle Fels cave resulted in 35,000 to 40,000 year old finds that include the oldest known musical instruments in the world according to archaeologist and project director Nicholas Conard of the University of Tübingen in Germany. Musicians presumably blew into an end of the bone flute that contains two V-shaped notches. The researchers plan to make a replica of the ancient flute to investigate how it was played and what type of sounds it made. One day we expect hope to see these replicas in a museum near you.