Humans Lived in African Rainforests 150,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

Humans emerged in Africa about 300,000 years ago. Although this pan-African evolutionary process involves diverse environments in human history, the role of tropical forests and forests remains little understood. According to this study there is a clear association between the material culture of the late Pleistocene and F. The methods of dating by optically stimulated luminescence and resonance of electronic spin limit the beginning of human oc…

Archaeology breakthrough as 150,000-year-old discovery could rewrite history

The research team suggested that rainforests have been largely disregarded as a potential backdrop for the evolution of our species.

Earliest Evidence of Humans in Rainforests Discovered - Archaeology Magazine

Stone tool recovered at the site of Bété I, Côte d’Ivoire ANYAMA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE—Early humans adapted to rainforest environments much earlier than previously thought, according to a statement released by the Max Plank Institute of Geoanthropology. Homo sapiens originally started to spread out across Africa about 300,000 years ago, but it was long believed that they primarily stuck to the savannas. Wet rainforest environments, with their harsh cli…

Madrid. New evidence shows that humans lived in tropical forests at least 150,000 years ago in Africa, the home of our species, long before what was thought.

Earliest evidence for humans in rainforests

Researchers discovered evidence for human habitation of rainforests 150,000 years ago. This pushes back the oldest known evidence of humans in rainforests by more than double the previously known estimate.

Humans lived in rainforests 80,000 years earlier than previously thought

The earliest evidence of humans living in such forests in Africa, around 150,000 years ago, has been discovered.