>BROOKERD_at_BCEPO04@ccmail.worldcom.com wrote:
>>
>> I saw this article on my news service at work today. Thought it
> might
>> be a little interesting to those involved in the flute discussion.
>> Looking forward to Glenn's comments on this.
>
>um......*which* Glenn? :o)
>
I think that was directed at me. Darrin provided me with quite a lead for
some research I am trying to perform. I have some information which says that
the earliest "flute"-like devices are flutes with no holes, which technically
makes them whistles. These objects are from 100,000 years ago from North
Africa. Amazingly, there is very little in the anthropological literature
that I can find on the subject of musical instruments. Darrin whas provide a
name upon which to search.
I feel very certain from the description in the article, that the flutes
referred to in the article are Upper Paleolithic ones like the Le Placard
eagle bone flute (see page 161 of Alexander Marshack, The Roots of
Civilization, McGraw-Hill, 1972).
Since these flutes are made by anatomically modern homo sapiens, few
christians will care what notes they played. Since the Neanderthal flute is
broken, there is no way to tell what notes that thing played.
glenn
Foundation,Fall and Flood
http://members.gnn.com/GRMorton/dmd.htm