Oldest Known Musical Instruments Uncovered in Germany
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18196349
The flutes, made from bird bone and mammoth ivory, come from a cave in southern Germany which contains early evidence for the occupation of Europe by modern humans - Homo sapiens.Scientists used carbon dating to show that the flutes were between 42,000 and 43,000 years old.
As if the Germans weren't already bigheaded enough about all their classical composers. estahuh