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Image: The Hohle Fels Griffon Vulture Flute

Photograph by H. Jenen, courtesy Universität Tübingen in Germany, from [Owen 2009] Bone Flute Is Oldest Instrument, Study Says. See also [Conard 2009] and, for radiocarbon dating of animal bones found with the flute, [Higham 2012].

This image is a composite of several photographs, showing the same flute from different angles.

See The Development of Flutes in Europe and Asia for more context about this image.

The Hohle Fels Griffon Vulture Flute

 
 

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