A new study indicates that anatomically modern humans began inhabiting rainforest habitats in côte d'ivoire as early as 150,000 years ago, challenging previous timelines of human evolution.

Lead author of the study on early human habitation of rainforests.

Co-author of the study who first studied the site in the 1980s.

Archaeologist from the University of Liverpool who participated in the study.

Senior author of the study and an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute.

Modern-day location where the archaeological site of early human habitation was studied.