However, evidence collected from Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa provides a different story. Tools collected from the site showcased that humans were living in the rainforests of the region for ...

A huge rainforest stretching across the heart of Africa is quietly performing a vital role in protecting the planet. Home to endangered species and ancient communities, it covers more land than ...

Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the ...

Eslem Ben Arous, researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, said: "Before our study, the oldest secure evidence for habitation in African rainforests was around 18 thousand years ...

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 ...