The flute, one of several found, was found in the Hohle Fels cavern next to the Venus of Hohle Fels and a short distance from the oldest known human carving.

A three-holed flute, 18. 7 cm long, made from a mammoth tusk ( from the Geißenklösterle cave, near Ulm, in the southern German Swabian Alb and dated to 30, 000 to 37, 000 years ago ) was discovered in 2004, and two flutes made from swan bones excavated a decade earlier ( from the same cave in Germany, dated to circa 36, 000 years ago ) are among the oldest known musical instruments.

During the last glacial period, present-day Slovenia was inhabited by Neanderthals ; the most famous Neanderthal archeological site in Slovenia is a cave close to the village of Šebrelje near Cerkno, where the Divje Babe flute, the oldest known musical instrument in the world was found in 1995.

The flute is perhaps the oldest musical instrument, other than the human voice itself.

The oldest known musical instruments have been found here, too: flutes made from the bones of swans and griffon vultures, some 35, 000 years old, and in 2004 a flute carved from the tusk of a mammoth dating from the Ice Age, around 37, 000 years ago, and the oldest representation of the human body, the Venus of Schelklingen.

The Divje Babe flute, an artifact found in a cave near Cerkno, Slovenia, is possibly the oldest known musical instrument ever.

Typical Slovenian folk music is performed on Styrian harmonica ( the oldest type of accordion ), fiddle, clarinet, zithers, flute, and by brass bands of alpine type.

The sodina, an end-blown flute, is believed to be one of the oldest instruments on the island.

Their flute is called the lira and is considered the oldest instrument in Joujouka.

The Jajouka flute is called the " lira " and is considered the oldest instrument in Jajouka.

The flute is one of the oldest and most widely used wind instruments.

The Seattle Flute Society, founded in 1979, is one of the oldest flute associations in the United States.

One of the oldest musical instruments of India, the instrument is a keyless transverse flute made of bamboo.

) The oldest known Neanderthal hyoid bone with the modern human form has been dated to be 60, 000 years old, predating the oldest known bone flute by 25, 000 years ; but since both artifacts are unique the true chronology may date back much further.

The oldest flute ever discovered may be the so-called Divje Babe flute, found in the Slovenian cave Divje Babe I in 1995, though this is disputed.

The Hohle Fels flute was found next to the Venus of Hohle Fels and a short distance from the oldest known human carving.

His oldest granddaughter has played flute and sang on a few of his albums.

One of the oldest automatic instruments known is the automatic flute player invented by Banū Mūsā brothers in 9th century Arabia.

After lessons from his father and oldest brother in piano and composition, Wilms studied flute on his own.

It was the oldest and toughest question young lovers have ever asked: How can you be sure??

Meanwhile, after 24 years in the Senate, Rhode Island's durable Democrat Theodore Francis Greene -- having walked, swum and cerebrated himself to the hearty age of 93 -- left that august body ( voluntarily, because he could surely have been re-elected had he chosen to run again last November ), as the oldest man ever to serve in the Senate.

In August 2012, two mites preserved in amber were determined to be the oldest animals ever to have been found in the substance ; the mites are 230 million years old and were discovered in north-eastern Italy.

The area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 80, 000 years ago, as shown by the 1988 discovery of the Semliki harpoon at Katanda, one of the oldest barbed harpoons ever found, and which is believed to have been used to catch giant river catfish.

Dino Zoff ( born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli ) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.

However, Zoff's greatest feat came in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he captained Italy to victory in the tournament at the age of 40, making him the oldest ever winner of the World Cup.

Zoff is also the oldest player ever to have won the trophy.

With its debut at No. 9, Day made history, becoming the oldest female artist to ever have had a top ten album on the Top 40 Official UK Album chart.

* 2007 – Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

These remains are among the oldest hominid remains ever found.

Skipper Jack McKeon became the oldest manager ever to win a World Series title.

Among finds is the net of Antrea, the oldest fishing net known ever to have been excavated ( calibrated carbon dating: c. 8300 BCE ).

Fossilised remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the " Java Man " were first discovered by the Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois at Trinil in 1891, and are at least 700, 000 years old, at that time the oldest human ancestor ever found.

* 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U. S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.

The oldest Acheulean tools ever discovered anywhere in the world are from West Turkana, and were dated in 2011 through the method of magnetostratigraphy to about 1. 76 million years old.

The Katzenjammer Kids is still distributed by King Features, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication and the longest-running ever.

At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to play for Liverpool.

In 1991 a hominin jawbone was discovered near Uraha village that was between 2. 3 and 2. 5 million years old, the oldest evidence of the genus Homo ever discovered.

One of the oldest written fragments of the language ever found dates back to the year 960, in an official text that was mixed with Latin:

He left office at the age of 71 years, one month and 26 days, making him the oldest person ever to be Prime Minister.

He became the oldest player ever to win this award, at age 42.

With his 2004 win, he joined Gaylord Perry, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez as the only pitchers to win it in both leagues and became the oldest pitcher to ever win the Cy Young.

At 38 years old, Elway became the oldest player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP.

Discovered by an international team led by Shannon McPherron, they are the oldest evidence of stone tool use ever found anywhere in the world.