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 ...

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.

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 ...

"Before our study, the oldest secure evidence for habitation in African rainforests was around 18 thousand years ago, and the oldest evidence of rainforest habitation anywhere came from southeast ...

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African ...

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more ...

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda is famous for its gorilla trekking adventures. This UNESCO World Heritage site is home ...

the oldest secure evidence for habitation in African rainforests was around 18 thousand years ago, and the oldest evidence of rainforest habitation anywhere came from Southeast Asia at about 70 ...

Considered “the lungs of Africa,” this rainforest is the largest carbon sink in the world, absorbing more carbon than the Amazon. The famously diverse area is home to more than 600 types of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is covered in rainforest and savanna ... the principal scientist for the South African organization Hankuzi Expeditions, spends his morning splashing around ...

The Congo Basin encompasses the world’s second largest rainforest, behind the Amazon, spanning about 500 million acres across Central Africa. Yet while more than a thousand flux towers have been ...

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African ...