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Listen To The Sound Of A 9,000-Year-Old Flute Made of Bone

The flutes are thought to be the oldest complete playable musical instruments ever found.

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Six complete flutes were found dating to between 7,000 and 9,000 years old. Image credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory

Bone flutes discovered in the early Neolithic site of Jiahu in Henan Province, China in 1999 are thought to be the earliest complete playable musical instruments ever found. The seven-holed flutes are made from the hollow wing bone of a large bird and date to around 7000 BCE.

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