The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, suggests that the first humans to occupy Europe had a fairly sophisticated culture. The instrument was excavated from a cave in Germany. The wing bone of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Stone Age humans may have ripped raw meat from the bone with their teeth but they also played music, according to a study reporting the ...

Year-Old Music Instrument Made From Bird Bone Provides Glimpse of Neolithic Era There is no doubt that ancient humans differed significantly from modern humans in several aspects. However, some of ...

This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown about the flute's decades-long role in pop music.

Actual, wonderful fact: Lizzo’s iconic flute-playing has made more young people take up the flute. Lizzo’s infectious energy and messages of self-love have made her something of a cultural icon. But ...

An artisan blows a newly-made Yuping bamboo flute at a workshop in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 23, 2019. As a traditional Chinese musical instrument, ...

Teenagers may pick up the guitar, but love of the flute is usually born in childhood. Just ask Laura Weatherington, a founder of the Baltimore Flute Choir. “According to my grandfather, I started at ...

The opening lines of French composer Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune could be heard drifting down the steps of last night’s Met Gala 2022. But instead of coming from a speaker, ...

One of Tanzania’s most endangered possessions isn’t its wildlife; it’s its music. Dozens of musical instruments – and the skill set to play them – are facing extinction in Tanzania, which is why ...