according to a new study of a prehistoric site in northwestern Ethiopia. For decades, scientists have debated just how apocalyptic it was when Toba, a supervolcano located in Sumatra, Indonesia ...

Around 74,000 years ago, a massive supervolcano called Toba erupted in Indonesia, creating the largest known natural disaster in the last 2.5 million years. Now, an archaeological site in northwest ...

Early humans may have flourished after the largest volcanic eruption ... "After Toba, the intensity of population increased. People were in bigger groups at the site, or staying at the site ...

Excavations at a Middle Stone Age archaeological site, Shinfa-Metema 1 ... at 74,000 years ago that survived the eruption of the Toba supervolcano. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

When the Toba supervolcano erupted 74,000 years ago ... we did not have associated archaeological evidence, so the Dhaba site fills in a major chronological gap," said principal investigator ...