The –est Anthropology

People moved into rainforests much earlier than thought

Living year-round in jungles began by 20,000 years ago, a new study finds

Rock-shelter in Sri Lanka

PERMANENT RESIDENT  Teeth excavated from this rock-shelter in Sri Lanka provided the earliest evidence of long-term human rainforest occupation.

P. Roberts

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

In at least one part of the world, humans had adapted to living in rainforests by 20,000 years ago, about 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new study finds.