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> The oldest evidence we have of widespread metallurgy comes from the tip of South America around approximately 5000 BC. Which predates metallurgy in Eurasia by
by lurk2 2y ago
> The oldest evidence we have of widespread metallurgy comes from the tip of South America around approximately 5000 BC. Which predates metallurgy in Eurasia by thousands of years.
There are archaeological finds in Europe dating smelting in the region back as early as 5500 BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pločnik_(archaeological_site) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pločnik_(archaeological_site)
- culi 2y agoYes but I said "widespread" metallurgy. There are evidence of metallurgy that is even older than 5000 BC in South America but it's not widespread enough for me to point it out. We even have evidence of copper processing 10,000BC in the Near East but I also didn't think that was worth pointing out https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170901113607.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170901113607.h...