A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that humans were living in African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago, earlier than previously believed. The discovery pushes back the known ...

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 ...

New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights into our ancestors' ability to adapt to challenging environments ...

The research team also suggested that the West African tropical rainforest could have been a central area for early human evolution. They plan to conduct further studies at other archaeological ...

An archaeology breakthrough has discovered that humans inhabited rainforests around 150,000 ... who revisited an archaeological site in West Africa. The site had stone tools, including picks ...

typical of humid West African rainforests. Professor Mark Bateman, from the University of Sheffield’s School of Geography and Planning, used a dating technique called Optically Stimulated Luminescence ...

typical of humid West African rainforests. Professor Mark Bateman, from the University of Sheffield’s School of Geography and Planning, used a dating technique called Optically Stimulated ...

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 ...