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Earliest Music Instruments Found

Posted May 25, 2012 8:20 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Researchers excavating a cave in Germany identify what they say are the oldest-known musical instruments in the world.

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Usbport Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor Posts: 5363 Good Answers: 647	#1 Re: Earliest Music Instruments Found 05/25/2012 11:11 AM
	Any truth to the rumor that someone once found a musical instrument made in Scotland? __________________ Whiskey, women -- and astrophysics. Because sometimes a problem can't be solved with just whiskey and women.
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xanasax Power-User Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 323 Good Answers: 2	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Earliest Music Instruments Found 05/26/2012 2:41 PM
	Yes, it is called a comb!
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North America, Earth Posts: 4528 Good Answers: 106	#3 Re: Earliest Music Instruments Found 05/26/2012 3:43 PM
	How do they know these weren't for calling birds or other prey? Maybe they were whistles used by ancient military commanders used in battle. __________________ “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” - Richard Feynman
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Passerby Guru Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 573 Good Answers: 5	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Earliest Music Instruments Found 05/30/2012 2:18 PM
	I think they were more versatile. I think people also filled their mouths with water (or other suitable liquid) and blew that through it. Imagine the frivolity and fun. (Probably more fun if one happens to also be inebriated, in which case you would tilt it and aim it at your nearest companion. A real riot machine!) Might have even produced the first "soap" bubbles. Are we saying archaeologists don't have a sense of humor? Why no expansion of thought??
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