Science
Scientists coax tune out of 18,000-year-old horn – Haaretz
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A horn made from a conch shell found in France almost a century ago has been played for the first time in about 18,000 years, scientists announced on Wednesday.
If its characterization as a shell-horn is correct, the conch found in Marsoulas Cave is the earliest known wind instrument made of shell, Carole Fritz of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and colleagues reported in Science Advances.
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