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Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German Cave (35K years old]
Reuters Science ^
| Dec. 10, 2004
| Anon EuroWeenie
Posted on 12/10/2004 12:57:32 PM PST by Pharmboy
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been unearthed in a German cave by archaeologists, the University of Tuebingen said on Friday.
The flute, one of the oldest musical instruments discovered, was pieced together from 31 fragments found in a cave in the Swabian mountains in southwestern Germany, the university said.
The mountains have yielded rich pickings in recent years, including ivory figurines, ornaments and other musical instruments. Archaeologists believe humans camped in the area in winter and spring. Mammoths, now extinct, were large elephant-like creatures with hairy coats and long, upcurved tusks. They lived during the Pleistocene period from 2 million to 11,000 years ago.
The university said it planned to put the instrument on display in a museum in Stuttgart.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; artifacts; bv; culture; europe; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; madeinchina; music
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So, I guess this is evidence for the first party?
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posted on
12/10/2004 12:57:33 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
To: blam
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posted on
12/10/2004 12:58:37 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Listen...you can still hear the old media sobbing.)
To: Pharmboy
Helen Thomas says it is hers.
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posted on
12/10/2004 12:58:45 PM PST
by
mad puppy
( "He's with me!" And I'm with W.)
To: Pharmboy
Early oompah band.
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posted on
12/10/2004 12:58:58 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(I am the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.)
To: Pharmboy
Man, I knew Jethro Tull was old but this is ridiculous.
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posted on
12/10/2004 12:59:31 PM PST
by
UseYourHead
(Smith & Wesson: The original point-and-click interface)
To: UseYourHead
"Hey, Ughh, play some of that Jethro Tull."
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:00:34 PM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Pharmboy
...along with the flute, ancient sheet music was discovered that scientists have deciphered as Little Brown Jug.
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:00:47 PM PST
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: UseYourHead
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:00:51 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Pharmboy
Next they'll find evidence of early PETA members who protested the murder of wooly mammoths.
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:01:19 PM PST
by
SittinYonder
(Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
To: UseYourHead
Where do you think the inspiration for Bungle in the Jungle came from?
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:02:01 PM PST
by
writer33
(The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:04:50 PM PST
by
RKB-AFG
To: Pharmboy
To: Just another Joe
What about something by Zamphir?!
To: UseYourHead
Did ya know that before Tull made it big he had to change the name of his band all the time so they could work in the clubs? Owners didn' want to hire a flute playing rock and roller.
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:05:55 PM PST
by
stockpirate
(Check out my homepage and learn about sKerry and his Socialist friends.)
To: atomicpossum
Early oompah band. Did you expect an accordion? And the bladders for the tubas would have disappeared long ago.
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:16:31 PM PST
by
xJones
To: Pharmboy
Germans + gov't grant + 31 pieces of anything..
WILL come up with something to flaut..
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:17:19 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: Pharmboy; SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:17:20 PM PST
by
blam
To: go-dubya-04
What about something by Zamphir?!Stop it! No! I'm still recovering from the Zamphir TV ads. Oh, the horror....
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:18:23 PM PST
by
xJones
To: stockpirate
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:20:46 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(BigEd)
To: stockpirate
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posted on
12/10/2004 1:21:26 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(BigEd)
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