Massive, long-lived trees discovered in the Tanzanian rainforest are a new species
A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National ...
World Politics Review14h
Regional Divisions Are Fraying West Africa’s Security Cooperation
The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...
Mongabay News1d
‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species
Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest ...
These 5 West African Wellness Practices Are Key To My Self-Care Regime
Vogue writer Ranyechi Udemezue shares the habits she learned from her grandmothers and how they inform her wellness routine ...
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A 150,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Found In Africa Means Humans Were Living In Rainforests Thousands Of Years Earlier Than We Thought
Rainforests may have been an important center for early human evolution, challenging the idea that early humans avoided ...
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Africa archaeology breakthrough as earliest evidence of humans in rainforests discovered
West Africa, is debunking that theory in what could be a major archaeology breakthrough. According to a statement released by ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
Humans May Have Lived in Tropical Rainforests Much Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought, Study Finds
New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights into our ancestors’ ability to adapt to challenging environments ...
Daily Maverick18d
West African wildlife sanctuary becomes a hub of weapons, drugs and people trafficking
With one of the most diverse ecosystems in west Africa’s savanna belt, it is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site and shelters threatened ...
Her Campus19d
NJ’s Death of a Jungle: The Closure of Central Jersey’s Rainforest Cafe
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Pace chapter. A tragedy occurred this year, as Menlo Park Mall’s Rainforest Cafe officially closed on the dark day of Wednesday, Feb.
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Humans lived in rainforests 80,000 years earlier than we thought
The analysis showed that the region was heavily wooded at the time, with pollen and leaf waxes characteristic of humid West African rainforests. Additionally, low levels of grass pollen indicated that ...
Daily Express20d
Archaeology breakthrough as 150,000-year-old discovery could rewrite history
An archaeology breakthrough has discovered that humans inhabited rainforests around 150,000 ... who revisited an archaeological site in West Africa. The site had stone tools, including picks ...
bournemouth.ac.uk22d
Earliest evidence for humans in rainforests rewrites prehistory
Analyses indicated the region was heavily wooded, with pollen, silica phytoliths and leaf waxes typical for humid West African rainforests. Low levels of grass pollen and grass phytoliths showed that ...