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Features over 120 crops
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Under a Metal Sky: A Journey Through Minerals, Greed and Wonder Features over 120 cropsA RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK The discovery of minerals beneath our feet has transformed our species. Ochre first prompted humans to express themselves in art; tin and copper helped instigate the Bronze Age and later the Industrial Revolution; silver kick started the engines of global trade. Each of these substances generated a leap forward in technology, each one opened the imagination a little further, and each one brought with it a cache of unexpected
