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In China’s Yellow River Basin, mercury in human bones spiked during the period from 200 BCE to about 900 CE, dating from the Han dynasty to the Sui–Tang dynasties. The high mercury content in archaeological remains reflects popular use of cinnabar—mineralized mercury sulfide— in art and medicine.


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