Analyses indicated that when humans were dropping their stone tools in the region, it was a heavily wooded wet forest, typical of humid West African rainforests. Ancient pollen, silicified plant ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

In the late 1970s, Ghana, Accra, and Cape Coast — not long removed from colonial rule — felt as distant from the rest of the ...

the region was densely forested and consistent with modern-day West African rainforests. Low levels of grass pollen further indicated that the area was not a narrow strip of forest but a robust ...

Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African rainforests dated to around 18,000 years ago. The ...

Unlike many parts of Central and West Africa, deforestation poses less of a threat to the rainforest of Bioko. But the thriving wild meat trade, which includes the endemic primates, has ...

New research reveals human habitation in Central African rainforests began 150,000 years ago, challenging previous timelines.

Environments like rainforest were considered to be barriers ... with pollen and leaf waxes typical for humid west African forest. Low levels of grass pollen showed that the site wasn’t in ...

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left ... with pollen and leaf waxes typical for humid west African forest. Low levels of grass pollen showed ...

Environments like rainforest were considered to be barriers to human expansion ... with pollen and leaf waxes typical for humid west African forest. Low levels of grass pollen showed that the site ...