A team of archaeologists posit a unique theory about 12,000-year-old bird bones from the Levant, which appear to have been crafted into flutes. Reading time 3 minutes 12,000-year-old bird bones found ...

Geographic and phylogenetic sampling of avian wing-bone morphology. Using measurements from 7366 skeletal specimens, we analyze variation in wing-bone length across 1520 bird species, representing ...

Archeologists working in the Levant believe late-stage hunter gatherers carved flutes with finger-holes out of waterfowl bones to mimic the calls of birds of prey. The theory, published in Scientific ...

JERUSALEM, June 12 (Reuters) - Miniature flutes crafted 12,000 years ago from bird bones and discovered in northern Israel may have been used for bird calls at a time when humans were refining their ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Over 12,000 years ago, ...

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A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests. Laurent Davin, an archaeologist at the French Research Center in Jerusalem, playing ...

As Laurent Davin sorted through prehistoric bird bones, he did not expect to find musical instruments in the mix. Davin, an archeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the French National ...

A team of archaeologists posit a unique theory about 12,000-year-old bird bones from the Levant, which appear to… 12,000-year-old bird bones found in the far north of Israel may have been used as ...