Copper arrived before bronze
The Chalcolithic was a strange in-between world. People still relied heavily on stone tools, but early copper metallurgy had begun.Copper Age and Bronze Age Prehistory
Metalworking may have had more than one birthplace
A site in Serbia preserves the oldest securely dated high-temperature copper making, from 7,500 years ago. That discovery suggests copper smelting may have been invented independently in different regions.Copper Age and Bronze Age Prehistory
