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  2. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The earliest gold artifacts were discovered at the site of Wadi Qana in the Levant. [13] Silver is estimated to have been discovered in Asia Minor shortly after copper and gold. [14] There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in ...

  3. Zinc - Wikipedia

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    A review from 2015 indicated that about 10% of human proteins (~3000) bind zinc, [201] in addition to hundreds more that transport and traffic zinc; a similar in silico study in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana found 2367 zinc-related proteins. [12]

  4. Discovery of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    Earliest humans Charcoal and soot were known to the earliest humans, with the oldest known charcoal paintings dating to about 28000 years ago, e.g. Gabarnmung in Australia. [1] [2] The earliest known industrial use of charcoal was for the reduction of copper, zinc, and tin ores in the manufacture of bronze, by the Egyptians and Sumerians. [3]

  5. Zinc in biology - Wikipedia

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    Zinc fingers help read DNA sequences.. Zinc is an essential trace element for humans [1] [2] [3] and other animals, [4] for plants [5] and for microorganisms. [6] Zinc is required for the function of over 300 enzymes and 1000 transcription factors, [3] and is stored and transferred in metallothioneins.

  6. Kabwe mine - Wikipedia

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    In 1921, a "bone cave" that included a fossilised human skull called Kabwe 1 was discovered in the mine. This fossil was the first remains of an extinct human relative to be found in Africa. The skull was studied by Arthur Smith Woodward of the British Museum of Natural History, who published a paper naming the new human precursor Homo ...

  7. Mineral (nutrient) - Wikipedia

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    The five major minerals in the human body are calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and magnesium. [2] The remaining minerals are called "trace elements". The generally accepted trace elements are iron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, iodine, selenium, [5] and bromine; [6] there is some evidence that there may be more.

  8. The best hair growth vitamins and supplements of 2024 ... - AOL

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    The secret can be found in Nutrafol's proprietary blend of hair growth aids, plus those big key ingredients — vitamins A, C, D and E, biotin, iodine, zinc— and selenium.

  9. Group 12 element - Wikipedia

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    Zinc has been found being used in impure forms in ancient times as well as in alloys such as brass that have been found to be over 2000 years old. [36] [37] Zinc was distinctly recognized as a metal under the designation of Fasada in the medical Lexicon ascribed to the Hindu king Madanapala (of Taka dynasty) and written about the year 1374. [38]