By Victor Epand
Music tames the savage beast(*) they say, and perhaps the creation of music in our species tamed us into a more, but not totally, civilized manner. The origin of music is not known exactly, it has its origins before pre-history, through humans using patterns, repetition and tonality to produce naturally occurring sounds, possibly [...]
Patrick McGroarty, Associated Press
June 24, 2009 — A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a complex and creative culture.
A team led by University of [...]
ScienceDaily (2009-06-25) — Researchers in Germany have unearthed new evidence for Paleolithic music in the form of the remains of one nearly complete bone flute and isolated small fragments of three ivory flutes. The discovery suggests themusical tradition was well established when modern humans colonized Europe over 35,000 calendar years ago.
Excavations in the summer of [...]
