Human culture changed forever, with art, music and rituals at the heart of the shift, offering new ways to bind people together in shared religion and purpose. The flutes mimic the sound of falcon calls and could have been used in spiritual music rituals. Though more difficult to play, narrower diameter wing bones produced the required high-pitched sound. "They could have used bones from bigger bones, but they didn't, probably because they knew the thinner the bone, the higher the pitch of the tone. But what were the flutes used for?

Source: The Telegraph June 20, 2023 19:16 UTC