Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African rainforests dated to around 18,000 years ago. Our newly published study pushes that date way back.

Researchers found evidence humans lived at a site in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest, about 150,000 years ago.

Humans were living in rainforests roughly 150,000 years ago, some 80,000 years earlier than was previously thought—and may have been an important center for early human evolution.. This is the ...

This time they showed humans had lived in this rainforest about 150,000 years ago, according to an article in Nature. That’s nearly 10 times longer than previous evidence for African rainforest ...

If that were true, then early humans should have also been present in West and Central Africa, where rainforests were common. The oldest firm evidence of humans in African rainforests dated back ...

An investigation of a previously excavated site in West Africa finds that people inhabited that region’s rainforests, such as the one shown here, by around 150,000 years ago.

Researchers discovered evidence for human habitation of rainforests 150,000 years ago. This pushes back the oldest known evidence of humans in rainforests by more than double the previously known ...

Archaeologists stunned by discovery of human relics in 150,000-year-old rainforest The tools, found in an area where an ancient rainforest once stood, push back the oldest known evidence of humans ...

Find out why Kamba African Rainforest Experiences is one of the World's Greatest ... It’s an area little visited by travelers—it’s estimated that only a few hundred people visit each year.

Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African rainforests dated to around 18,000 years ago. Our newly published study pushes that date way back.