▁used ▁in ▁English ▁by ▁various ▁media ▁out lets ▁and ▁publications . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Land ▁migration ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁human ▁presence ▁in ▁I v ory ▁Coast ▁has ▁been ▁difficult ▁to ▁determine ▁because ▁human ▁remains ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁well ▁preserved ▁in ▁the ▁country ' s ▁hum id ▁climate . ▁However , ▁newly ▁found ▁weapon ▁and ▁tool ▁fragments ▁( specific ally , ▁pol ished ▁axes ▁cut ▁through ▁sh ale ▁and ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁cook ing ▁and ▁fish ing ) ▁have ▁been ▁interpreted ▁as ▁a ▁possible ▁indic ation ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁human ▁presence ▁during ▁the ▁Upper ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁period ▁( 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁BC ), ▁or ▁at ▁the ▁minimum , ▁the ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁period . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁known ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁I v ory ▁Coast ▁have ▁left ▁traces ▁scattered ▁throughout ▁the ▁territory . ▁Histor ians ▁believe ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁all ▁either ▁disp la ced ▁or ▁absor bed ▁by ▁the ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁ind igen ous ▁inhabitants , ▁who ▁migr ated ▁south ▁into ▁the ▁area ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁Such ▁groups ▁included ▁the ▁E hot il é ▁( A bo is so ), ▁Kot row ou ▁( F res co ), ▁Z é hi ri ▁( Gr and ▁L ah ou ), ▁E ga ▁and ▁Di ès ▁( D ivo ). ▁ ▁Pre - I sl am ic ▁and ▁Islam ic ▁periods ▁The ▁first ▁recorded ▁history ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁chron icles ▁of ▁North ▁African ▁(