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Updated 11th February 2021
Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old musical instrument
Written by Jack Guy, CNN
Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like.
The shell was largely overlooked when it was found at the Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees mountain range in 1931, but researchers from France s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); the Museum of Toulouse; the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès; and the Musée du quai Branly Jacques-Chirac have released an audio recording as part of a new study published Wednesday.