From statues to server racks, copper has been a mainstay metal for thousands of years. Dan Smith shows just a few of the ...

An extraordinary discovery was made at the Valencina Copper Age mega-site in southwest Spain, which has captured the ...

Things really picked up around 5,000 years ago when humans moved out of the Stone Age and into the Copper Age, ... Not only was this metallic blend harder than pure copper when hammered, ...

The Copper Age, between 3,200 and 2,200 years ago, was known for the widespread use of copper, but also gendered burials.

The Copper Age woman's skeleton as seen at the burial site. (Image credit: Sonia Díaz-Navarro et al) Amazingly, the woman appears to have survived both operations, evidenced by healed bone in her ...