The findings push back the timing of ancient human rainforest occupation "by more than double," said archaeologist Eslem Ben Arous.

Researchers found evidence humans lived at a site in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest, about 150,000 years ago.

An archaeological discovery in West Africa reveals that humans lived in tropical forests 150,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. This revelation challenges our understanding of

Study published in Nature pushes back the known evidence of human habitation in rainforests by over 80,000 years.

Learn how a West African excavation shows that early humans lived in multiple ecosystems simultaneously, challenging our understanding of human history.

Humans were living in rainforests as early as 150,000 years ago, reshaping long-held theories about our species' history. This revelation challenges the idea that jungles were only inhabited in recent times and suggests that these environments may have played a previously unrecognized role in the human story.