Researchers found evidence humans lived at a site in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest, about 150,000 years ago.

On a night in 1997, Benjamin Dauda killed a gorilla for the first time. Shrouding his lanky frame in dark fog, he stalked a foraging troop, finally dispatching his bullet on his mark. It was a giant ...

Learn how a West African excavation shows that early humans lived in multiple ecosystems simultaneously, challenging our ...

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 ...

Humans were living in rainforests as early as 150,000 years ago, reshaping long-held theories about our species' history.

This oldest known evidence of people living in tropical forests supports an idea that human evolution occurred across Africa.

If this Africa-wide theory were true, then early humans must have figured out how to live in many environments beyond ...

The Utica Zoo launched a new Animal Experiences program last fall, offering guests an exclusive, behind-the-scenes ...