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An artist s reconstruction of the instrument being played. In the background, a red dotted buffalo decorates the walls of the Marsoulas Cave. Similar motifs decorate the instrument. © Carole Fritz et al. 2021 / drawing: Gilles Tosello Researchers have identified the earliest known conch shell horn adapted by humans and have heard it played for the first time in 18,000 years, according to a new study published in the open-access journal Science Advances. Discovered in Marsoulas Cave, France, where the walls are rich in rock art, the conch horn provides a rare insight into the sounds that once reverberated around this sacred space, and probably held an important social or ritual meaning to the local Upper Palaeolithic population.

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