The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans made it through. Reading time 5 minutes If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, ...

Ancient catastrophe: The Toba supereruption in Indonesia 74,000 years ago was over 10,000 times larger than Mount St. Helens, plunging Earth into darkness and cold. Survival strategies: Archaeological ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have ...

The theory that humanity was nearly wiped out by a single catastrophic volcanic eruption appears to be wrong. We'll have to search elsewhere for an explanation for our unusual genetic bottleneck.

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The idea that a single volcanic eruption might have shaped ...

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A supervolcano eruption about 74,000 years ago on Indonesia's island of Sumatra caused a large-scale environmental calamity that may have decimated Stone Age human populations ...