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THE first discovery of metals by man is usually described as having resulted from the association of the necessary materials in the construction of a primitive hearth on some chance occasion. At best, this explanation does not contradict our accumulated knowledge about the habits and conditions of early human life.
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SPIELMANN, P. The Earliest Human Knowledge of Copper. Nature 118, 411 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118411a0
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