Oldest playable musical instruments found at Jiahu early Neolithic site in China
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Six extremely well-made complete bone flutes have been found at the early Neolithic site of Jianhu in Henan Province, China, along with fragments of around 30 more. These flutes, which are made from the ulnae of the red-crowned crane, could be the earliest complete, playable, tightly-dated multinote musical instruments. The best preserved flute has seven main holes, along with a very small hole near hole 7. It was tested using a 'Stroboconn' sound-analyzing stroboscope.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry
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Prehistoric evidence for the drilling of human teeth is limited to isolate cases from less than six millennia ago and it is described that eleven drilled molar crowns from nine adults discovered in a Neolithic graveyard in Pakistan dates from 7500 to 9000 years ago. These findings provide evidence for a long tradition of a type of proto-dentistry in an early farming culture.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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