Perforated bones excavated at an ancient settlement in northern Israel may be the oldest wind instruments found in the region. The small flutes could have been used to make music, call birds or even ...

In her poem “Bone Flute,” the late Los Altos writer Irene Adler reflects on an ancient instrument and the human who crafted it millennia ago. The cover of “Bone Flute: A Woman Speaks.” Courtesy Paloma ...

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 ...

There is no doubt that ancient humans differed significantly from modern humans in several aspects. However, some of these "aspects" shockingly stayed the same across centuries, such as the importance ...

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 ...

Some books do not arrive with spectacle. They arrive quietly. Irene Adler’s Bone Flute – A Woman Speaks is one of these rare books. More than a collection of poems, it is the distillation of a life, ...

12,000-year-old bone flutes discovered in Israel may have been used by hunters to lure prey, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Nature Scientific Report Paleolithic people worked their ...

A team of researchers, including a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, has discovered rare prehistoric instruments made from the bones of birds dating back more than 12,000 years, according to ...

Stone Age humans may have ripped raw meat from the bone, but they also played music, according to a study reporting the discovery of a 35,000-year-old flute, the oldest instrument known. Found in the ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...