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Jan Vansina, « L'homme, les forêts et le passé en Afrique », Annales, ID : 10.3406/ahess.1985.283239
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Man, the Forests, and the Past in Africa This contribution examines the relationship throughout recorded history of the rainforest environment in Africa and humanity to conclude that at each stage the "environment" is a sum of biotopes mainly produced by mankind. Tropical forests are "humanized" environments; humanized through a dialectical interaction between extremely complex biotopes and several millienia of human activity following the introduction of farming in these areas.