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Scientists find earliest evidence that our ancestors lived in rainforests 150,000 years ago

The earliest evidence of humans living in tropical rainforests in Africa, around 150,000 years ago, has been published in a new study in Nature by researchers at the University of 91Ö±²¥.
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Scientists will ‘listen’ to melting ice sheets as part of £81m programme to develop early warning system for climate tipping points

A major new study aims to revolutionise observation of meltwater runoff in Greenland, providing valuable data for climate, ice sheet and ocean models used to simulate climate tipping points.

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