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

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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.

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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.

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Poisonous plants, snakes and predators - there are countless dangers lurking in the rainforest. Nevertheless, man opened it up as a habitat. And much earlier than previously assumed, according to the results of a new study. By Pascal Kiss.

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Earliest evidence of humans in rainforests leads to surprises about how we evolved

The earliest evidence that humans inhabited rainforests has been found in Africa, pushing settlement in them further back than previously thought.

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Lost in the Rainforest for 150,000 Years – The Discovery That Rewrites Human History

For years, rainforests were thought to be barriers to early human survival, but new evidence has shattered this assumption. A groundbreaking study reveals that humans were thriving in the rainforests of Côte d’Ivoire 150,000 years ago — more than double the previous estimate. This discovery rewrites our understanding of early human adaptability and suggests that [...]

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Early Humans Returned to the Rainforests Far Earlier Than Previously Thought

A new study challenges the notion that anatomically modern humans began inhabiting rainforest habitats just 70,000 years ago.