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Charcoal: A Healing Wonder from the Ashes

The story of charcoal cannot be nailed down to any civilisation, continent or century. A myriad tales, however, point to several firsts of this carbonaceous material in man’s voluminous history book. It probably began when the cold north wind swept across the deserts of Western Asia, and the season for using natural wood charcoal made an appearance.

The history of charcoal comes in the wake of the origins of fire – evidence of cooked food is found

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