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古文物中蕴含着过去人们丰富的生活,吸引着科学家们对它们进行各种各样的研究和揣摩。那么,一件古老的乐器又能透视给人们什么样的丰富内涵?科学家们又会对它做出怎样的研究呢? The well-preserved,nicely decorated conch1 shells found in Peru offered researchers a rare opportunity to look into primitive instruments.Researchers put their lips to ancient shells to figure out how humans used these trumpets 3,000 years ago. Polished,painted and carved with symbols,the shells had well-formed mouthpieces2 and V-shaped cuts.The cuts may have been used as a rest for the player’s thumb or to allow the player to see over the instrument while playing.