Cetun t1_j662sp3 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:38 PM

Reply to comment by Xszit in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

The iron age refered to the ability to forge iron into a useful way by refining it. Previous to that there were isolated instances of using iron from meteorites that didn't require purification, even then they weren't able to melt them, only soften them up and hammer them into useful shapes.