"Le village aérien" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1901. Set in the African jungle, it follows French and American explorers who discover an unknown tribe living in the trees. The adventurers must determine whether these tree-dwellers are human or represent the "missing link" between apes and humans—a burning scientific debate following Darwin's work. Their expedition encounters charging elephants, rhinoceroses, and bands of apes as they attempt to meet the mysterious tribe's king.