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150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought

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Modern humans evolved from our hominin ancestors in Africa some 300,000 years ago .

The oldest known H. sapiens fossils were found in Jebel Irhoud , Morocco .

A new study found evidence that humans lived in rainforest-like areas in Africa as far back as 150,000-years ago .

It suggests that ancient humans who were adapted to living in rainforests did not often encounter people who lived in open grasslands.

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