A genus of around 20 burrowing frog species found mostly in South Africa is famous for its members' short limbs, flat, ...

The Rainforest Alliance, a pro environmental organization, is pushing for more attention on regenerative agriculture and large scale land restoration.The organization is committed to the creation of a ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

Humans lived in a rainforest environment on Sumatra in Indonesia as far back as 70,000 years ago. They also coped well with the challenges of rainforests. At Niah Cave in Borneo, toxic plants ...

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 ...

Modern humans evolved from our hominin ancestors in Africa some 300,000 years ago, according to the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils, which were found in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. Others discovered ...

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 ...

Early Humans Thrived in Africa's Tropical Rainforests 150,000 Years Ago Learn how a West African excavation shows that early humans lived in multiple ecosystems simultaneously, challenging our ...

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 ...

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 ...

Until now, the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in African rainforests dated back just 18,000 years. However, this research pushes that timeline back to an astonishing 150,000 years ago.

African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2010-November 13, 2013 Content Statement As part of our ...