Among the Earliest Archaeologically Confirmed Wind Instruments

Geißenklösterle prehistoric flute assemblage

Geißenklösterle Cave, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Bird-bone and mammoth-ivory flutes from Geißenklösterle Cave in Germany's Swabian Jura are among the earliest securely attested wind instruments, associated with Aurignacian layers dating to around 40,000 years ago.