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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

with the samples consistent with the types of vegetation found in humid West African rainforests. Furthermore, the team notes, the low levels of grass pollen detected confirmed that the site was ...

Over the course of 2025, we have seen major shifts in global foreign aid policies that have sent ripples across Africa, where ...

A study published Wednesday shows that as early as 150,000 years ago, some of them lived deep in a West African rainforest. “What we’re seeing is that, from a very early stage, ecological ...