Thursday, June 25, 2009

From a story in the LA Times about really old flutes

It so happens that the Hohle Fels flute was uncovered in sediments a few feet away from the carved figurine of a busty, nude woman, also around 35,000 years old, noted Dr. Conard and his co-authors, Susanne C. Münzel of Tübingen and Maria Malina of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. That discovery was announced in May by Dr. Conard.

Stone age flutists were hot! Not much has changed since...

Click on the title of today's post to read the entire (much less salacious) article.