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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have long believed that hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans first learned to thrive in East African grasslands before spreading out and adapting to new environments. But a new ...

The trench initially excavated by Professor Guédé’s team was overgrown when researchers returned for the current study. (Credit: Jimbob Blinkhorn, MPG) In the late ‘80s, a team of Soviet and West ...

Humans were living in tropical rainforests tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to new research. The earliest evidence of humans living in such forests in Africa ...

Scientists have long believed that hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans first learned to thrive in East African grasslands before spreading out and adapting to new environments. But a new study ...