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12,000-year-old Flutes Found in Israel May Be Earliest Bird-call Whistles in the World
Haaretz ^ | June 9, 2023 | Ruth Schuster

Posted on 06/10/2023 10:13:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Seven tiny, fragile wing-bones discovered at a prehistoric site in northern Israel turn out to have been perforated. They may have served as whistles imitating the calls of predatory birds, Israeli archaeologists reported Friday in Nature Scientific Reports...

One of the flutes was discovered complete, the team says.

They could have been imitating bird calls in order to attract them, as duck hunters do to this day...

Eynan is associated with a Late Stone Age culture, the Natufians, pre-agricultural groups living in Israel and the surrounding region from 15,000 to about 11,700 years ago. They were hunter-gatherers but were among the earliest people to settle down, building the first known stone homes in the region. They also created giant stone “boulder” mortars whose use remains a mystery, may have had shamans, did have dogs, and buried their dead with ceremony.

Excavations at Eynan began in 1955, by a French mission, and continued later from 1996 to 2005 by a joint team from the CRJF and the IAA, directed by François Valla of the Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Khalaily. In various digs, the archaeologists found the remains of five circular stone homes and a plethora of animal bones, including birds – over 1,100 bird bones. Most turn out to have belonged to migratory waterfowl.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: dietandcuisine; epigraphyandlanguage; eynan; godsgravesglyphs; israel; music; natufians; neolithic
subtitle: Israeli archaeologists find seven tiny whistles made of bone that emit sounds like calls of predatory birds at prehistoric swamp site in the Hula Valley
One of the seven miniature bone flutes found in Hula Valley from over 12,000 years ago
Credit: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority
Credit: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority

1 posted on 06/10/2023 10:13:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 06/10/2023 10:15:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: SunkenCiv

If that’s true, then the fundamentalists who say that the Earth is about 6,000 years old are wrong.


3 posted on 06/10/2023 10:21:24 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

But hey, people have been trying to disprove the Bible for a long time now. So just another date for another object or thing.
I’ll place my faith in the Almighty and His word over our human intellect 10 times out of 10.


4 posted on 06/10/2023 10:27:51 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Angelino97

Only people who don’t know how to read the Bible think the Earth is 6000 years old. No serious Christian scholar thinks the Earth is 6000 years old.


5 posted on 06/10/2023 10:34:00 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: SunkenCiv

Was there a date written on it? 🙄


6 posted on 06/10/2023 10:35:37 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: vpintheak

I will do it 11 times out of ten. 😎


7 posted on 06/10/2023 10:36:29 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: vpintheak

I will do it 11 times out of ten. 😎


8 posted on 06/10/2023 10:36:52 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: DennisR

Date, fig, pomegranate, nectarine, you name it.


9 posted on 06/10/2023 10:42:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: SunkenCiv

🤣


10 posted on 06/10/2023 10:52:54 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Quick, somebody let that giant tub of pudding, Lizzie, know! She could play them while twerking her rhinoceros ass like she did with John Adams fragile glass flute. If the Israelis deny her that opportunity they are white supremacists!


11 posted on 06/10/2023 10:59:20 AM PDT by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: Angelino97

“ If that’s true, then the fundamentalists who say that the Earth is about 6,000 years old are wrong.”

Why are people so quick to believe that todays scientist are so infallible? They use dating procedures which have show animals that had died only months earlier to be millions of years old. It comes down to whether you are prepared to go with the ideas of a flawed man or the word of a perfect God. Its your decision, God gave you the ability to make it. Just don’t expect any sympathy when standing before your maker he looks at you and says “I never knew you.” What will happen next I would not wish on my worse enemy.


12 posted on 06/10/2023 11:13:43 AM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: SunkenCiv

If you turn the flute over and look at the back you will most likely see “Made in China”!


13 posted on 06/10/2023 11:16:36 AM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did they.consult Harris, she’s an expert on flutes.


14 posted on 06/10/2023 12:02:30 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: nwrep

I agree-serious Christian scholars say intelligent design by the supreme being-God-made it all-and it took a lot longer than 6000 years-that is why those scholars believe the scientific evidence that shows it took millions of years, not just a few thousand-I don’t think He was on human time-what is a year in the eye of God?

The geological and archeological evidence of the flood shows that it did happen-about 11,000+ years ago-not 6000. Humans always add their own take on any book they write-especially the religious ones-the very basic scientific info is there-it has just been added to by humans-it is what people did in the far past-they didn’t really have any natural science to study things then...


15 posted on 06/10/2023 12:19:29 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SunkenCiv

16 posted on 06/10/2023 12:43:37 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: TonyM
Just don’t expect any sympathy when standing before your maker he looks at you and says “I never knew you.”

I don't think anyone's salvation depends on how old they think the Earth is.

17 posted on 06/10/2023 12:46:00 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: SunkenCiv

18 posted on 06/10/2023 1:03:28 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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