Is This Ancient Bone the Worlds First Flute

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Is This Ancient Bone the Worlds First Flute?

• Vocabulary

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brute

• Cave men were considered to be brute creatures.

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brute

• (adj.) without the power to reason

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controversy

• There was a controversy over whether or not the
  ancient bone was used as a flute.

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controversy

• (noun) argument or disagreement

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researchers

• Researchers carefully examined the bone to
  determine how it was used by the Neanderthals.

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researchers

• (noun) people who search for information

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complex

• The investigation process was very complex and
  took years to complete.

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complex

• (adj.) complicated made up of a number of parts

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perceptions

• Often our perceptions of Neanderthals is that
  they were animal-like.

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perceptions

• (noun) ways in which someone understands something

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punctured

• The holes in the bone made it look as if it had
  been punctured.

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punctured

• (verb) pierced with a pointed object