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Bone Flute is oldest instrument, study says
02/01/2010 16:43:31
Bone Flute Is Oldest Instrument, Study Says
James Owen
for National Geographic News
June 24, 2009
Avulture-bone flute discovered in a European cave is likely the world's oldest recognizable musical instrument andpushes backhumanity's musical roots, a new study says.
Found withfragmentsof mammoth-ivoryflutes, the 40,000-year-oldartifactalso adds to evidence that music may have given the first European modern humans a strategic advantage over Neanderthals, researchers say.
The bone-flute pieces were found in 2008 at Hohle Fels, aStone Agecave in southern Germany, according to the study,ledby archaeologist NicholasConard of the University of Tübingen in Germany.
With five finger holes and av-shapedmouthpiece, the almost complete bird-bone flute—made from the naturallyhollowwingbone of a griffon vulture—is just 0.3 inch (8 millimeters)wideand was originally about 13 inches (34 centimeters) long.
Flute fragments found earlier at the nearby site of Geissenklösterle have been dated to around 35,000 years ago.
The newfound flutes, though, "date to the very period of settlement in the region by modern humans ... about 40,000 years ago," Conard said.
The mammoth-ivory flutes would have been especiallychallengingto make, the team said.
Using only stone tools, the flute maker would have had tosplita section ofcurvedivory along its naturalgrain. The two halves would then have beenhollowed out,carve, andfitted togetherwith anairtightseal.
Music may have been one of the culturalaccomplishmentsthat gave the first European modern-human (Homo sapiens)settlersan advantage over their nowextinctNeanderthal-human (Homo neanderthalis) cousins, according to the team.
Theancientflutes are evidence for an early musical tradition thatlikelyhelped modern humans communicate andformtightersocialbonds, the researchers argue.
Think how important music is for us," Conard said. "Whether it's at church, a party, or just for fun, you can see how powerful music can be. People often hear a song and cry, or feel greatjoyorsorrow. All of those kinds of emotions help bond people together."
Music may therefore have been important tomaintainingandstrengtheningStone Age socialnetworksamong modern humans, allowing for greater societal organization and strategizing, said Conard, whose study appears today on the Web site of the journal Nature.
Araştırmaya Göre En Eski Müzik Aleti Kemikten Yapılan Flüt - Bone Flute is oldest instrument, study says
Bone Flute Is Oldest Instrument, Study Says
James Owen
for National Geographic News
June 24, 2009
Avulture-bone flute discovered in a European cave is likely the world's oldest recognizable musical instrument andpushes backhumanity's musical roots, a new study says.
Found withfragmentsof mammoth-ivoryflutes, the 40,000-year-oldartifactalso adds to evidence that music may have given the first European modern humans a strategic advantage over Neanderthals, researchers say.
The bone-flute pieces were found in 2008 at Hohle Fels, aStone Agecave in southern Germany, according to the study,ledby archaeologist NicholasConard of the University of Tübingen in Germany.
With five finger holes and av-shapedmouthpiece, the almost complete bird-bone flute—made from the naturallyhollowwingbone of a griffon vulture—is just 0.3 inch (8 millimeters)wideand was originally about 13 inches (34 centimeters) long.
Flute fragments found earlier at the nearby site of Geissenklösterle have been dated to around 35,000 years ago.
The newfound flutes, though, "date to the very period of settlement in the region by modern humans ... about 40,000 years ago," Conard said.
The mammoth-ivory flutes would have been especiallychallengingto make, the team said.
Using only stone tools, the flute maker would have had tosplita section ofcurvedivory along its naturalgrain. The two halves would then have beenhollowed out,carve, andfitted togetherwith anairtightseal.
Music as a Weapon?
Music may have been one of the culturalaccomplishmentsthat gave the first European modern-human (Homo sapiens)settlersan advantage over their nowextinctNeanderthal-human (Homo neanderthalis) cousins, according to the team.
Theancientflutes are evidence for an early musical tradition thatlikelyhelped modern humans communicate andformtightersocialbonds, the researchers argue.
Think how important music is for us," Conard said. "Whether it's at church, a party, or just for fun, you can see how powerful music can be. People often hear a song and cry, or feel greatjoyorsorrow. All of those kinds of emotions help bond people together."
Music may therefore have been important tomaintainingandstrengtheningStone Age socialnetworksamong modern humans, allowing for greater societal organization and strategizing, said Conard, whose study appears today on the Web site of the journal Nature.