Way Off facts · 🎵 Music
How old is the oldest known musical instrument, a bone flute found in a German cave?
42,000
years
Humans were carving flutes from vulture bones around 42,000 years ago — we had orchestras-of-one before we had farms, pottery, or the wheel.SOURCEUniversity of Tübingen, Hohle Fels excavations
Scale check: 42,000 is roughly a lower-league football crowd.
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