Okay, this is big. Really.
New finds from SE Anatolia suggest that at Gre Fılla, #Diyarbakir, Neolithic hunter-gatherers experimented with copper #metallurgy ... 9,000 years ago!
Yes, that's the Pre-Poettery Neolithic we're talking about:
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/how-anatolias-last-hunter-gatherers-pioneered-copper-metallurgy-9000-years-ago-133075
Jens Notroff
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