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Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by samth on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:10PM (#35572725)
A quick investigation on Wikipedia suggests that there are two competing schools of thought:

- the rainforest was somewhat smaller but still intact (contra the OP)

- the rainforest was reduced to small refuges separated by grassland

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Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by culi on Saturday April 15, 2023 @10:34AM (#35580968)
(op here)

> the rainforest was reduced to small refuges separated by grassland

This is the school of thought I've read about the most and my understanding. I never meant to imply that the entire rainforest didn't exist 2k years ago. Sorry for any confusion

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