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The Toba supervolcanic eruption occurred around 74,000 years ago at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of the Earth's largest known explosive eruptions, and it is thought to have caused a human genetic bottleneck.
The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
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Chad Yost, et al., Subdecadal phytolith and charcoal records from Lake Malawi, East Africa imply minimal effects on human evolution from the ~74 ka Toba supereruption.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.11.005
The Toba supervolcanic eruption occurred around 74,000 years ago at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of the Earth's largest known explosive eruptions, and it is thought to have caused a human genetic bottleneck.
The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
Amazon: amzn.to/3uTRDsZ
Chad Yost, et al., Subdecadal phytolith and charcoal records from Lake Malawi, East Africa imply minimal effects on human evolution from the ~74 ka Toba supereruption.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.11.005
