In her poem “Bone Flute,” the late Los Altos writer Irene Adler reflects on an ancient instrument and the human who crafted it millennia ago. The cover of “Bone Flute: A Woman Speaks.” Courtesy Paloma ...

Perforated bones excavated at an ancient settlement in northern Israel may be the oldest wind instruments found in the region. The small flutes could have been used to make music, call birds or even ...

Some books do not need to shout to be heard. They speak quietly and clearly, with a kind of wisdom that lingers. Bone Flute: A Woman Speaks is one of those rare collections that opens a space for ...

Archeologists working in the Levant believe late-stage hunter gatherers carved flutes with finger-holes out of waterfowl bones to mimic the calls of birds of prey. The theory, published in Scientific ...

12,000-year-old bone flutes discovered in Israel may have been used by hunters to lure prey, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Nature Scientific Report Paleolithic people worked their ...

A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests. Laurent Davin, an archaeologist at the French Research Center in Jerusalem, playing ...

Some books do not arrive with spectacle. They arrive quietly. Irene Adler’s Bone Flute – A Woman Speaks is one of these rare books. More than a collection of poems, it is the distillation of a life, ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Over 12,000 years ago, ...