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Volcanic eruption reduced the early human population to under 1,000 people, almost causing our extinction

Early humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supervolcano eruption by shifting to river foods, revealing how drought shaped ...

This Supervolcano Is Refilling With Magma After 7,300 Years

A supervolcano that once shook the Earth is quietly recharging—and scientists are finally seeing how it happens. Scientists ...
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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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collecting microscopic glass samples at Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa. Katherine Elmes If you were lucky 74 ...
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The biggest volcanic eruption in human history

Around 74,000 years ago, a volcano called Toba in Sumatra exploded, and some scientists think it had a serious impact on the ...
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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.

Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later

The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling. This Kobe University insight on the Kikai ...
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Ancient supervolcano beneath Japan is refilling with magma

Scientists have discovered magma refilling beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, offering new clues into how supervolcanoes recharge.
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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 ...