A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests. Laurent Davin, an archaeologist at the French Research Center in Jerusalem, playing ...

Perforated bones excavated at an ancient settlement in northern Israel may be the oldest wind instruments found in the region. The small flutes could have been used to make music, call birds or even ...

Archeologists working in the Levant believe late-stage hunter gatherers carved flutes with finger-holes out of waterfowl bones to mimic the calls of birds of prey. The theory, published in Scientific ...

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A team of researchers, including a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, has discovered rare prehistoric instruments made from the bones of birds dating back more than 12,000 years, according to ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—According to a Live Science report, several 12,000-year-old flutes have been found at Eynan-Mallaha, a Natufian site in Israel. Carved from the bones of small waterfowl, the flutes ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Over 12,000 years ago, ...

A team of archaeologists posit a unique theory about 12,000-year-old bird bones from the Levant, which appear to have been crafted into flutes. Reading time 3 minutes 12,000-year-old bird bones found ...

12,000-year-old bone flutes discovered in Israel may have been used by hunters to lure prey, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Nature Scientific Report Paleolithic people worked their ...

As Laurent Davin sorted through prehistoric bird bones, he did not expect to find musical instruments in the mix. Davin, an archeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the French National ...

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