Researchers analyzing an 18,000-year-old conch shell found in 1931 say that it was indeed used as a musical instrument millennia ago. The conch shell, unearthed in the Marsoulas Cave in Southwestern ...

(CN) — Scientists have concluded that an ancient conch shell recovered from the renowned painted Marsoulas cave in the Pyrenees mountains is the earliest wind instrument of its kind on record and ...

Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like. The shell was largely overlooked ...

Conch shells, found buried at ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico, were likely used as communication devices across the arid landscape. James Wainscoat via Unsplash If you were standing on the edge of ...

Miquel López-García is an archaeologist. He’s also a professional trumpeter, performing in many styles from jazz and funk to salsa and Catalan folk music. And as a child, he told The Guardian, he ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --An 18,000-year-old conch shell believed to be the world's oldest instrument of its type was played by a horn player for the first time in thousands of years as part of a study by ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.