A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that humans were living in African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago, earlier than previously believed. The discovery pushes back the known evidence of human habitation in rainforests by over 80,000 years. The research team found that humans were living in rainforests within present-day Côte d'Ivoire, uncovering a clear association between late Middle Pleistocene material culture and wet tropical forests in the region. These findings challenge previous assumptions that rainforests were unimportant habitats for early humans.
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