[Amazing] Earliest music instruments found - Over 42,000 years old 25 May 2012 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18196349
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_music The Divje Babe Flute, a bone flute which is over 41,000 years old. Aurignacian flute made from a vulture bone, Geissenklösterle (Swabia), which is about 35,000 years old.
The basic human need for self-expression through art - be it visual, written or auditory - is an incredible thing.