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How the manipulation of metals 10,000 years ago helped our ancestors

How the manipulation of metals 10,000 years ago helped our ancestors. Naturally occuring metals such as native copper in the Middle East introduced the human race to the use of metals which was then made into both practical items, such as weapons, and also status materials - such as jewellery. Paul Craddock of the British Museum contributes.

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