The done excavations as much in the mining regions of Katanga and Kasa than in capital region demonstrate that the Congo is among the oldest place of dwelling in the world.
Some scientists situate Congo like the humanity birthplace.
This is a controversial hypothesis. But then, some archaeological discoveries allow to affirm, that some men live there since the prehistory. Toward the first millennium after Christ, some Neolithic populations from probably B nou in the present Nigeria, would have migrated to south. Following the savannas of northwest and east, and by following the Ubangi-Congo river, they would be dwelt through the edge of the immense basin of river Congo.