Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

Until now, though, the oldest firm evidence for people living in African rainforests dated to around 18,000 years ago. The ...

The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world’s largest rainforests. Like other tropical rainforests such as the Amazon, it is located close to the Equator, where the sun’s energy is more ...

Traditionally, it has been believed that early humans evolved in Africa’s grasslands and ... even within tropical rainforests. According to Prof Scerri: "What we have discovered in our results ...

The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

But this is not the only tropical rainforest with natural beauty to behold. South America, Africa and India also have an abundance of wildlife and wonder. But what is it that makes this biome home ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

Analysis - Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant ...

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left ... showed that human groups were already living in Africa’s wet tropical forest 150,000 years ago.

New research reveals human habitation in Central African rainforests began 150,000 years ago, challenging previous timelines.