how did early humans create the first metal tools without metal tools to make them?

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If early humans crafted a hammer or an axe from metal for example. How on earth did they craft the first tool that was used to create that hammer or axe. I know you can create a hammer from natural material like stone and an axe from a sharp piece of stone but how did they forge the first metal tools and even weapons?

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The earliest metals were really malleable. They could be forged by using rock. Then, they’d create weapons not by force, but by heat. Melt the copper/tin/etc and create bronze. Just as an example.

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