A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that humans were living in African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago ...

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

West Africa ; Rainforest ; Evolution: 150,000-Year-Old Rainforest Discovery Shakes Up Human History. Published Feb 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST Updated Mar 02, 2025 at 2:02 PM EST . By . Ian ...

But a new study published this week found some of our ancestors managed to survive in a tropical rainforest in West Africa much earlier than was known.. A team of researchers found evidence that ...

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

West Africa’s once verdant and extensive rainforests are now a historical footnote. Gone to build ships and furniture, feed hungry mouths, and supply minerals and gems to the West, the band of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agriculture.

The West African forest gecko, a secretive but widely distributed species in forest patches from Ghana to Congo, is actually four distinct species that appear to have evolved over the past 100,000 ...

The Rainforest Alliance’s 2024 Annual Report shines a spotlight on the transformative power of regenerative agriculture in West and Central Africa, where rural communities are not only adapting to ...

If the already critically endangered elephants become extinct, rainforest of central and west Africa, the second largest rainforest on earth, ...