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When did humans first discover soap?
Humans have used soap for millennia. Chemist Prof Seth Rasmussen explains how we know about the earliest soaps and the ingredients that would have gone into them.
(Image: Beautiful colourful soap bubbles on black background, Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus)
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