35,000 year old flutes could have aided Neanderthals' decline


	35,000 year old flutes could have aided Neanderthals' decline

JohnWaterman

6-24-2009 3:37 PM

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6-24-2009 4:15 PM

cakebelly

Wow!

6-24-2009 5:48 PM

zizzy

I love the flute, been playing since I was a kid. Great clip!

6-24-2009 8:31 PM

tanyamm

My daughter used to play flute. I wish she would have kept it up.

6-25-2009 4:13 AM

jmatts78

Well.. they didn't. So what now?

6-25-2009 9:56 AM

tabsey

Having taught recorder at times, I thought the headline may indicate that they were wiped out for playing discordantly.

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