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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is ...
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When humans nearly vanished : the catastrophic explosion of the Toba volcano / Donald R. Prothero

Prologue : A very bad day on Planet Earth -- 1. Mystery of the missing megavolcano. Serendipity ; Frozen in the ice ; Data in Davy Jones's locker ; Blowing the case wide open ; Mystery solved -- 2.
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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) If you were lucky 74,000 ...