The tools, found in an area where an ancient rainforest once stood, push back the oldest known evidence of humans in similar ...

A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that humans were living in African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago ...

The volcanic island of Bioko, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, northwest of mainland Equatorial Guinea, is carpeted in ...

They indicated that when humans were dropping their stone tools in the region, it was a heavily wooded wet forest, typical of humid West African rainforests. Sheffield University Professor Mark ...

The research team also suggested that the West African tropical rainforest could have been a central area for early human evolution. They plan to conduct further studies at other archaeological ...

West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms ... The kingdom of Ife developed in the rainforest in the 600s. Its art and religion influenced the culture of Benin, which began in the 900s ...

HABITAT: Forest elephants occupy the rainforests of West and Central Africa. RANGE: The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, Democratic ...