A need for music even in cave era

By Carolyn Johnson | Thursday, June 25, 2009 | The Boston Globe

“…Archeologists said yesterday that they had unearthed the oldest musical instruments ever found – several flutes that inhabitants of southwestern Germany laboriously carved from bone and ivory at least 35,000 years ago. The find suggests just how integral artistic expression may be to human existence: Music apparently flourished even in prehistoric days when mere survival was a full-time endeavor….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/06/25/archaeologists_unearth_oldest_musical_instruments_ever_found?mode=PF

 

 

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